Bridge Approach Drawing

The River Lea, or Lee, was once London's main water supply and its valley the home of extensive agriculture, most of it under glass. It was an important freight route with the Lea Navigation canal and offered a easy route for narrowboats and later the railways, then roads. Its length is broken up and criss-crossed with bridges, viaducts, locks and weirs but forms now the Lea Valley Park. Its banks are lined with all sorts of craft, many of them homes. Despite it picturesque quality it is a post-industrial landscape, much of it from the Victorian period with hefty ironworks, railings, columns and rusting iron panels. These are the inspiration behind these pieces. They attempt to capture the enduring strength of these structures while imbuing them with some small romance, of time past, of a stillness which carries an echo of the busyness, the bustle, the clatter and noise of boats, water, horses and men now all passed away.

Drawing:Charcoal on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 31 H x 0.1 D in

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