Bascule Bridge Say no to Drugs 2023
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The painting was made from a number of drawings of The ‘Blue Bridge’ that links the east side of the Isle of Dogs with the rest of East London. The Bridge fascinated me because of its huge scale, it needs to be large in order to allow access for large shipping into South Dock from the River Thames. Also it interested me because I find an association with Van Goch’s lifting bridges that he painted that are brilliant in terms of their structure and narrative content. The figure were developed over a number of drawings and re-drawings, trying to find combinations of people in argument. I had been aware of Drug dealers on the streets of London and felt that the narrative that emerged in the painting when the figures were combined; could be about trying to contain chaotic behaviour in a family.Try it!