Up there on Talbot street Painting

The second painting from the series "Dublin in a bright light". As I walk through town on spare days or on errands I take photos of scenes that I think would make an interesting painting. This scene popped out to me on a street I'm quite fond of in the north inner city. It's a drab grey street but I can't help but imagine it as a vibrant cultural hub whenever I walk down it. This particular scene is of a particularly grey part of that grey street. I managed to get a nice line of perspective in the photo and worked in the vibrant colours that I imagine will one day eminent from the soul of Talbot street. I love getting the candid image of people in the urban setting. People on their phones, looking over their shoulder, grimacing or squinting into the far or near distance. I love those unchoreographed moments you pass by a thousand times on any city street. I want to celebrate that human in the urban jungle. Aware of their surroundings but unbowed by them, mastering their environment with a humble knowledge of their place within it. Sitting in this new landscape with grace, like our hunter-gatherer ancestors surveying the plains in front of them. The urban nomad knows danger but must be unnerved by those threats, if they are to continue living a well-fed life on the Earth.