These paintings arise from my longstanding interest in British urban scenery.

I view areas of sprawl & decay not as eyesores but as subject matter to be explored. An accidental beauty occurs when the modern is adjoined by a crumbling past. A result of the ongoing process of man made change & natural decline, with nature in control.

It is possible to experience something eternal & mysterious by simply taking a stroll around a town away from recognised attractions. To my eyes everything - weeds, litter, brutalistic architecture - can appear beautiful. Form is a secondary, surface concern.

The symbolic section of my gallery http://bit.ly/symbolicart contains a selection of my earlier work in which I have joined together different elements of landscape & added figures, under the guidance of my imagination.

I also sell prints of my work direct at http://bit.ly/myprints

www.simonhopkinsonart.co.uk