Category: Selected Works

This scene is one I was really keen to capture, because it’s one I’ve cycled through so many times and have always been struck by the space that’s formed at the meeting of Bonner Road, Old Ford Road, and St Andrews Avenue in Bethnal Green. It’s an unusual little triangle of open space between the…

I was inspired to paint this scene of the outside of the Bethnal Green Working Mens’ Club (BGWMC) after reading about the threat of closure the venue faced at the hands of property developers. Me painting the venue happened to coincide with the group ‘Friends of Bethnal Green Working Mens Club’ launching their campaign to…

I’ve wanted to paint a scene of Roman Road in Bow for ages because not only is it a great place to buy your fruit and veg (Nil’s is my favourite!), but it’s also such an interesting story of the East End of London and the changes it’s seen over the last hundred years. It…

Watching holograms of the band ABBA perform their hits between some electrical substations and London’s largest gravel pit has to be one of the strangest slices of what’s happening in East London right now. The ABBA Voyage holograms themselves were developed by Steven Spielberg’s special-FX company Industrial Light & Magic, and now live in a…

I was inspired to paint this view of the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead after hearing of the action by a group of residents calling themselves ‘LesRes’ (the Lesnes Resistance!) alongside Housing Rebellion who worked together in occupying these homes in protest of their looming demolition by Peabody Housing.  Learning about the Lesnes story it unfortunately feels…

Kenworthy Road Bridge, London’s second most driven into bridge! After finishing my series of ‘Six Visions of Hackney Wick’, which featured a whole load of industrial units, old factories, and warehouses, I was really keen to paint something a bit more residential and typical East London. Kenworthy Road is all of 15 mins from Hackney…

‘THE DEMOLITION OF HUB 67 COMMUNITY CENTRE’ is the sixth in my series of ‘SIX VISIONS OF HACKNEY WICK’. Turning to one of the main roads in the area, which joins the Overground Station to the older creative warehouses, White Post Lane felt like a fitting ending to this series. The Hub 67 Community Centre…

FINAL HOMES REMAINING is the fifth in the series of six paintings ‘SIX VISIONS OF HACKNEY WICK’ 2023-2024. The piece looks at Dace Road across the canal in Fish Island. Taking its name from the poorly chosen marketing banner on the new build flats in the area, this piece aims to contrast the light and…

LIFE ABOARD ON DUCKETT’S CUT is the fourth in the series of six paintings ‘SIX VISIONS OF HACKNEY WICK’ 2023-2024. The piece depicts the live-a-board life in Hackney Wick where many of creatives and artists of the area have taken to the waterways following the demolition and redevelopment of the creative warehouses that have defined…

STATION FOOD AND WINE is the third of the six works which form Lawrence Brand’s 2023-2024 series ‘SIX VISIONS OF HACKNEY WICK’. The work is 50 x 40cm and is produced with Oil on Canvas Board.