This is the view from my front door looking towards B6 college in Clapton. At a certain time of day these rather ugly buildings look almost mystical. This painting is unusual in that the space inside the picture is all below eye level. To read more about why I painted it please visit the blog.

I painted this picture a few years ago and it’s recently been re-photographed. They say that every picture tells a story, if you want to find out more about this one please go to colinsart.blog.

If you like this painting you might like to read the various blogs relating to it. It’s an unusual painting because it has no background and no foreground, there is just the wall painted in some detail. Although the wall occupies the entirety of the picture’s space it appears to be set back creating the […]

This is the same as my other version except that I’ve painted a pigeon flying out into the space in front of the picture. To read more about this picture please check out the blog ‘Painting on location in Maldon-All Saints Church. In the blog there are some photographs showing the early development of this […]

If you would like read more about this picture please check out the blog called ‘A room with a view’. In this blog there are some images showing the development of this painting and it’s sister picture ‘One for Sorrow’. The magpie’s added after the rest of the picture was completed. In some cultures magpie’s are birds of […]

In the distance we see Rathbone Point on the Nightingale Estate seen from my flat in Fluke House. For a long time I didn’t think this subject was worth painting. For one thing the subject is very complicated and confusing and then the painting would have to be done during the winter months because once […]

This is one of a series of pictures I’m working on of local views in Hackney. To read more about it please visit the Blog section on this website.

This picture was mainly painted on location in Maldon. To find out more about this picture please go to the blog entitled ‘Painting on location in Maldon – All Saints Church’.

Trets – Oil on Canvas – 34″ x 26″ – 2011. The painting shows the main hall of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist Centre near to the village of Trets which is about 10km from Marseille. In the background is Mount Victoire touched by the first rays of the morning sun.The people in the painting […]

Still Life with a Pint of Guinness – 29” x 21” Oil on Panel 2001. This picture is painted in the style of a Dutch still life except that I have used a more exotic display of fruit and vegetables and I have added a pint if Guinness.