Sarah

Interiors, Portraits

Sarah was a neighbour at West End Lane. She worked as a designer. In her spare time she was an avid jive dancer and lifter of weights. The fragment of the oil painting at the top of this portrait is “Chrysanthemums”. SIZE: 32″ X 32″ MEDIUM: OIL...

New Year’s Eve

Inside/out, Portraits

New Year’s Eve, 2011. Partygoers in the Penthouse of The Cosmopolitan Hotel. SIZE: 8″ X 10″ MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE ART PRINT: $250 DIGITAL LICENSE AVAILABLE

Lilies of the Nile

Gardens, Paintings

The garden at West End Lane. The working name of this picture was “Round Midnight” because the song was a recurrent theme in the artist’s head while she painted this picture. After completion Laura named it for the tall blue flowers whose proper name is Agapanthus....

BMW 2002 Tii luxe

Buildings, Cars

Laura’s favourite car parked outside the flat in Mazenod Avenue across the road from St. Mary Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The car was the first in a string of BMWs that got progressively newer and more staid. St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Church was the biggest...

Monkey & Parrot

Still Life

The monkey was found in the attic of a house in Islington, North London beside a stack of pornographic magazines, wearing women’s lingerie. It reverted to its natural state (sans panties, bra and garter belt) and traveled with its new owner from Islington to...