GALLERY
Colin worked in education for over 30 years, with students and adults, during which he organised Art study Tours throughout Europe, USA and Russia.
He has exhibited his artwork extensively in the UK, as well as San Giovanni, near Florence, West Palm Beach in Florida and Meung-sur-Loire in France.
Take a look at some of Colin’s work below.
COLLECTIONS: WINDOWS
Louis Vuitton, Paris 2016
Oil on canvas 152x122cms
Louis Vuitton's name is written with coloured balloons that float behind the mannequins, creating an explosive composition.
Karl Welsh 4, Lymm 2010
Oil on canvas 152x122cms
There are only limited reflections on the window of the florist's beautiful shop.
Can you find a section of the post office, a colour awning and the postman's bike?
Libertines in Chicago, 2021
Oil on canvas 112x152cms
A chaotic melee of buildings, trees and traffic reflected onto an outrageous window display of a libertine lifestyle in the city centre
The Coffee House, 2020
Oil on canvas 91x122cms
Three waitresses on the right of the painting are standing behind a cake-filled glass cabinet.
They are overlaid by the reflections from within the cafe and from the street. The four remaining figures in the left half of the painting are reflected. They are actually behind the viewer, as are the 'tiny' owners, on the staircase, across the street.
Lockdown reflection, Lymm, 2021, 66x50cms
Guggenheim Reflection, Venice, 1987, 47x57cms
Barclays Bank Reflection, Lymm, 2015, 91x122cms
The Hair Studio, Reflection, 2005, 91x122cms
COLLECTIONS: TRANSPORT
Japanese Tram, Hiroshima 2019
Oil on canvas 91x122cms
The clear image of the conductress in the open window on the right makes an interesting contrast with the complex image, on the left, of morning commuters.
Bordeaux Tram, 2012
Oil on canvas, 91x122cms
At the Hotel de Ville tram stop, by the cathedral.
Aswan Minibus, Egypt 2012
Oil on canvas, 152x92cms
The foreground composition is of five women in traditional and modern dress.
New Orleans Tram, 2019
Oil on canvas, 91x122cms
Three portrait studies intersected by the reflection of a building which has a blue and white striped awning, near the cemetery in the French Quarter.
Beijing Bus 2, 2012, 91x152cms
Accademia, Venice, 2011, 86x152cms
The Pacer, 1988, 81x66cms
Bus stop in Valencia, 2019, 78x98cms
Rooftop Reflection, Chicago, 2017, 78x98cms
Taxi Driver in Albert Square, Manchester, 2016, 76x92cms
So British, Lymm, 2018, 78x98cms
St Petersburg, 2016, 122x76cms
Double Reflection
Reflection: Harrods
Reflection: London Bus
If you look closely, the Harrods painting with the Teddy Bear, the Christmas cracker and shoes, also includes reflected street furniture and images of buildings across the road.
Even harder to see, at the centre of the painting, is a small reflection of a London Bus. Can you spot it?
Seeing the reflection of the bus gave me an idea.
The bus stop was behind me, so I turned around and photographed the next bus that stopped. The red cracker and lights from Harrods window are reflected and cut across the passengers.
Two Paintings; two very different Christmas Stories…
