by john rowland
Pastel
h: 40 w: 30 (cms).
Glasgow is my current home city, it is a city of magnificent architecture reflecting its former prosperity. Sauchiehall Street is one of its three main shopping streets. Number 235 is located at the point where the street transitions from prime retail to ‘night time economy’. It is also in the part of the street that has been affected by the 2018 Glasgow School of Art fire.
For this painting I wanted to depict the faded glory of what was until quite recently a prestigious branch of the Bank of Scotland guarded over by two ghost like statuettes.
by john rowland
Pastel
h: 42 w: 60 (cms).
Derives in part from photos that I took in the 1970s when I was working on a pipe laying barge in the North Sea. The pipeline in question being that linking the Ninian oilfield with Sullim Voe in Shetland.
by john rowland
Pastel
h: 46 w: 60 (cms).
Glasgow's Saltmarket one fine January morning.
by john rowland
Pastel
h: 45 w: 60 (cms).
On a visit to Rome I searched in vain to recreate Turner's rendition of the Forum concluding that he had used a wide degree of artist's licence to reposition a number of the Forum's magnificent structures. This view was ultimately the closest match that I could make with Turner's vantage.