Brick Lane London - oil painting
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| Large oil painting of Brick Lane in London |
This large oil painting, which measures
60” x 40” was produced during May 2019. The subject is Brick
Lane, on a sunny day in the east end of London, an unglamorous street
but very popular in recent times. The lane itself is shown running
left to right across the painting, with Hanbury street cutting
through the centre. Originally a site for making bricks and tiles in
the 15th century, it is very close to Spitalfields, known
for the Jack the Ripper killings and later criminal nativities of the
Kray Brothers. The area was largely avoided and forgotten, but during
the latter part of the 20th century it became a large
Bengali community, and is famous for the amount of curry houses in
fierce competition with each other. The area is also host to an art
community, with most notably artists Gilbert & George, and Tracey
Emin living in the area, and the ex Truman brewery now given over to
art exhibitions. Nowadays the area is quite a tourist destination and
has large crowds in the area during the weekends. This painting was
exhibited in the area, in a small gallery along the lane.
The painting can be seen in greater
detail by following this link.
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