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David Hepher:The landscape artist obsessed with London’s tower blocks – in pictures

United Kingdom Architecture News - Jan 12, 2015 - 15:03   6449 views

David Hepher:The landscape artist obsessed with London’s tower blocks – in pictures

Camberwell Flats by Night, 1983Oil on canvas (199x260cm)
‘Like my previous terraced house paintings, I wanted to paint something that everyone could relate to: nondescript, ordinary high-rise towers. I didn’t want them to be famous architecture. I thought that they were impressive – I was excited by the scale of the subject. I’m sure that if I lived in the mountains, I would paint mountains.’

To mark a new exhibition at London’s Flowers Gallery – and his 80th birthday – David Hepher offers a personal perspective on the urban artworks that characterise his celebrated career.....Continue Reading

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