Ury blues Still Life Inspired by the late Japanese

Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro

Standing before Monet’s vast panoramic canvases at Tate Britain and MoMA in New York became a lasting source of inspiration for my waterlilies paintings over the years

I'm always pleased when I can use a bit of a song as a title for a painting so thank you Leonard Cohen

and the raw urgency of his mark-making

Ury blues Still Life Inspired by the late Japanese30 x 30 cm Ury House is a building I know well, but it still has a habit of feeling different each time I come back to it. Having lived on the estate for many years, Ive seen it through all sorts of changes, and it has become a familiar part of the landscape. In many of my paintings, the house appears at a distance, almost as part of the wider setting. Here, though, it takes centre stage