Original Oil on Oil Board
The shell of the Octagon, growing out of the ground, with a lift shaft on its left side and glowing tarpaulin at the top, was an imposing sight, and one I revisited often during it’s construction. Here at night, with the whizzing cars circling it, their headlights glowing off the wooden panels and their tail lights leaving threads of white and gold in the foreground.
I have watched this tall skyscraper emerge over a period of time. The shape if it, slowly growing, with the cranes at the top, like an insect’s antennae’s, has fascinated me, and it can be seen from so many views now it is complete. It now stands as the tallest building in Birmingham, at 155 metres tall. It is also the world’s tallest pure octagonal residential skyscraper, with 49 storeys, and is part of the Paradise redevelopment project in Birmingham’s city centre.
Techniques and media used:
I prefer the smooth surface of board, especially for smaller work, so I can capture a level of detail without an interference from the pattern of the weave of a canvas. The graduating blues of the evening sky were important to master, and they seemed to hug the construction. Th Octagon looks animated, with its glowing red lights of the cranes and it was important to get the movement of the cars and the light trails without too much detail in the foreground.
Frame Size 50 x 36 cm Painting Size 46x31
Original Oil on Oil Board
The shell of the Octagon, growing out of the ground, with a lift shaft on its left side and glowing tarpaulin at the top, was an imposing sight, and one I revisited often during it’s construction. Here at night, with the whizzing cars circling it, their headlights glowing off the wooden panels and their tail lights leaving threads of white and gold in the foreground.
I have watched this tall skyscraper emerge over a period of time. The shape if it, slowly growing, with the cranes at the top, like an insect’s antennae’s, has fascinated me, and it can be seen from so many views now it is complete. It now stands as the tallest building in Birmingham, at 155 metres tall. It is also the world’s tallest pure octagonal residential skyscraper, with 49 storeys, and is part of the Paradise redevelopment project in Birmingham’s city centre.
Techniques and media used:
I prefer the smooth surface of board, especially for smaller work, so I can capture a level of detail without an interference from the pattern of the weave of a canvas. The graduating blues of the evening sky were important to master, and they seemed to hug the construction. Th Octagon looks animated, with its glowing red lights of the cranes and it was important to get the movement of the cars and the light trails without too much detail in the foreground.
Frame Size 50 x 36 cm Painting Size 46x31