Kit GlaisyerFine Artist. Gallery Owner. Exhibit across the UK & Worldwide.

Elephant & Castle, oil on canvas, 90x30cm

Name: Elephant & Castle, oil on canvas, 90x30cm
Uploaded: 2024-07-31T17:10:40+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Kit Glaisyer
Description: In this spoken commentary, the artist explains that the painting of the old Elephant & Castle is the second work in an urban series reflecting on London…

31 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this spoken commentary, the artist explains that the painting of the old Elephant & Castle is the second work in an urban series reflecting on London after the artist moved away. The piece marks the artist’s return to figurative painting after five years of abstract work. The artist recounts personal commuting experiences from Muswell Hill to a studio in Camberwell, noting how the familiar route through Elephant & Castle and Wharf Road informs the subject. The monologue also references the artist’s ongoing Cafe Royale series, linking the new work to broader thematic explorations.

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So yeah, this is the second in this urban series that I started actually when I moved out of London, looking back on London. This is actually the old Elephant and Castle, which has now all been redeveloped. But you can see here I was just trying to, yeah, explore ideas of different sorts of painting. I've been painting as an abstract painter for 5 years, so this is my first move back into figurative work. So I used to actually live in Muswell Hill. I used to have to commute all the way down through London from my cheap flat in Muswell Hill to my cheap studio in Camberwell, and I used to have to go by bus and by train and by foot all the way down. So this is a very familiar place to me, Elephant and Castle, and then that joins on to the Wharf Road down to my studio. But yeah, rather an interesting painting. Again, that, you know, they're on to my Cafe Royale series.