Urban People

These pictures, mainly of London but also including other cities I have visited in Latin America, are an eye-level take on the city placing the viewer at street level. They aim to recall the experience of walking in the street, looking around warily, noting things glimpsed on either side, a heightened awareness of people, movement, traffic, visual dazzle.

I think of the street as a place where people display themselves, engaged in what Jonathan Raban in his book Soft City called 'the hazardous but necessary urban art of self-projection'. It is not just the people who are engaged in this self projection; the street itself, and the buildings that flank it, are a display of signals indicating cultural identity.


Street corner (Mexico City) Oil on board 50 x 58cm		Street scene (Merida, Yucatan) Oil on board 36 x 40cm	Man carrying box (Mexico City) Oil on board 42.5 x 30cm


Musician (San Jose, Costa Rica) Oil on board 29.5 x 36cm		Man in the window Oil on board 56 x 59.5cm	Back Street Oil on board 60 x 72cm Private collection


Koray Gents Hair Oil on board 100 x 122cm		Bus queue Oil on canvas 129 x 129cm
	Carpets Oil on board 92 x 62cm Private collection

Waiting Oil on canvas 115 x 162cm Private collection		Carpets Oil on board 92 x 62cm Private collection	Back Street Oil on board 60 x 72cm Private collection

Conversation Oil on board 62 x 93cm		Over a cuppa Oil on board 62 x 93cm Private collection	Seen through a train window Oil on board 62 x 93cm

CKY2K Oil on board 62 x 93cm		Cafe Oil on board 62 x 93cm Private collection	In or out of sight Oil on board 60 x 72cm

Crowded pavement Oil on canvas 42 x 60cm Private collection		Crossing the road Oil on board 75 x 75cm Private collection	Family shopping Oil on board 32 x 35cm

Man carrying child Oil on board 100 x 120cm		Pedestrian crossing Oil on board 60 x 72cm Private collection	Shoppers 1 Oil on board 82 x 100cm Private collection

Shoppers with children Oil on board 62 x 76cm		Street crossing Oil on canvas 52 x 92cm Private collection	Windows Oil on board 62 x 76cm Private collection

Bakery Oil on board 100 x 122cm		Fast calls Oil on board 62.5 x 100cm Private collection	Professional Nail Care Oil on canvas 115 x 129cm

Londoners 1 Oil on canvas 50 x 69 cm Private collection		Londoners 2 Oil on canvas 50 x 69 cm Private collection	Londoners 3 Oil on canvas 50 x 69 cm

Londoners 4 Oil on canvas 50 x 69 cm Private collection		Reflective Oil on board 62 x 76cm Private collection	Bliss Oil on board 62 x 76cm Casa de Cultura, El Campello


Londoners 5 Oil on board 67 x 76 cm
Jewels Oil on canvas 62 x 76cm		Shop door Oil on board 62.5 x 100cm Private collection	Shopping centre Oil on board 56 x 60cm Private collection

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