This painting is one of a number of studies for a much bigger painting (with 36 windows) which I'm currently working on. In all these paintings we are looking at the facade of a building, perhaps a hostel or a hotel, and it's evening. In this study two dozen windows are visible to us. Each has a blind - some blinds are open, some partly open, some closed, and some rooms have the lights on . . which means that we occasionally get a glimpse of an occupant. Who are they? What's on their minds?

I am thinking of these rooms as metaphors for the mind of the occupant . . or perhaps aspects of my own mind? In the bigger painting back in my studio some rooms will be cluttered and others organised, and some are bright and cheerful rooms whilst others are quiet sanctuaries. I'm hoping that, when finished, it will carry my wonder - a curiosity with and an awe at the lives of others.                       August 2026

Exhibited:

2026    'Soft Light'  Sunny Bank Gallery, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5UJ

2025    1st New Light Summer Exhibition of the North  Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds

2023 -2024    New Light Art Prize touring exhibition :   The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, Bankside Gallery London, Rheged Gallery Penrith Cumbria, The Biscuit Factory Newcastle upon Tyne, The Mercer Art Gallery Harrogate