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'Sunset,' (1893) probably shows a view over the Lake Pielinen near Koli in eastern Finland. The leading artistic personalities of Eero Järnefelt's generation, from Jean Sibelius to Akseli Gallen-Kallela, regarded Karelia as a lost paradise.

‘French Riviera, Bethnal Green’ 2024 Oul on canvas

‘After the Hurricane’ 1988 Storm Amy reminded me of the painting I began a few weeks after the devastation caused in October1987, featuring King Edward Memorial Park, Shadwell. Unusually I have included myself in this picture!

‘The Shadow’ 2015. Arles towards end of Summer. In a quiet alley to escape the noise found in all tourist places these days and felt at home here where I could weave a story around the man ahead and the woman pulling aside a curtain to peer out.

Brassai. Midnight, after the Fete. Undated

Blue Horse I by Franz Marc (1911, Öl auf Leinwand)

My cat Schrodinger is currently on holiday

‘Front Step’ 1975. Pencil drawing of parents made shortly before house requisitioned for ‘slum clearance’ to make way for concrete blocks of council flats. 50 years later these too look ready for the knackers’ yard

'Singer Building at Night.' (c1910) Charles Vezin worked at a dry-goods firm for the first part of his career then began painting, dedicating himself to art for the remainder of his life. He's known for his Impressionistic scenes of the New York skyline, such as this work.

'All the Fun of...' Wanstead Flats (2023) by Doreen Fletcher
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Morning all.

Photographer Don McCullin.
Liverpool, Slum clearance, 1970s.

'Rotherhithe from Wapping Pierhead' (c.1955) by Dorothy Rendell

(Private collection)

Sadly, he’s taken a Sabbatical 😢

Good morning! This week's theme is London Shops.
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'Rupert Court Between Wardour Street And Rupert Street, Soho' (c.1930) by Rex Vicat Cole

(Private collection)

'Corner Shop, Canning Town' (1994) by Doreen Fletcher
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Open Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse.
Oil on canvas.

Piet Mondriaan began his artistic training like most artists - attempting to capture the natural world in its most accurate and precise form. Trained in the classical technique, he graduated from Amsterdam's Royal Academy of Visual Arts in 1897, the year this work was painted.

The Pont Saint-Michel and Notre Dame, by Albert Marquet - 1905

The Pont Neuf Bridge by Félix Vallotton

Swiss, 1865-1925

Fever | Emma Davis

Excavation, Willem de Kooning 1950

Excavation, Willem de Kooning 1950

‘Regent’s Canal, Stepney’ 2002-17. By the time I was satisfied with this painting, the corrugated fences had been replaced and the tow path was teeming with joggers and cyclists. Railway bridge still rules ok though!

‘Theatre Royal, Stratford’ 2024. A few years the facade was repainted in tasteful, muted coffee and mocha colours but I prefer the building as it was- brash and glittery. This painting is in memory of those times

Mine had a ‘safe’ with a mesh of netting over the front. Can’t imagine that it kept anything cool!

Remember the smell of paraffin and fire lighters?

‘Grandad, Prospect Terrace’ 1975.Still have, yellowed by over use of fixative.NB sterilised milk bottles delivered on the sill- no fridge in the tiny scullery. He was a tough man, gave up smoking Senior Service at 72, lived to 92…Survived Ypres (pronounced Wipers in our family), shot through the arm

'Mini Cab' (2010) by Stefan Bleekrode
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'Day Out', Acton Underground Station (2024) by Marie Lenclos
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Good evening! This week's theme is London Transport.
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'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power