Paintings made in 2019in my studio at Thames-Side studios in Greenwich Lonmdon

PAINTINGS 2019

Paintings 2007-10

PAINTINGS 2012

I made a series of paintings over a year or two that used the imagery of people on Scaffolding suspended over the cityscapes of East London

Scaffolding

Oil paintings based on drawing made on location in East London

East London Cityscapes

Ink on Paper

Works 2016

Paintings 2013

Etchings made at Thames-Side Studios, the plates are polished zinc and printed on 300 gms Zekhall Paper

Etchings

Paintings 2016

PAINTINGS 2015

Works for sale as part of Bromley by Bow Art Market

Bromley by Bow Art Market

Cityscape Drawings

As part of the process of creating oil paintings from ink drawings, I use digital processes to colour images and create multi figure compositions, in this collection are some single figure drawings that are based on Ink on Paper sketches.

Digital Artwork, Single figure.

PAINTINGS 2010

Digital Drawing.

These drawings are part of the process of making oil paintings that are based on initial ink drawings. The ink drawings are made from observations of people, from memory and from found images that resonate with my experiences of working with people in a community context in east London at the Bromley by Bow Centre.

I photograph the drawings and colour them digitally and then combine them together to create multi-figure compositions, these compositions are squared up and the image is transferred by drawing a grid on the canvas and redrawing the line drawing in a traditional technique, similar to that used by painters in the Renaissance and by mural painters such as Diego Rivera.




Digital Artwork, figure with background

Paintings made in 2018 made at my studio in thames-Side studios Greenwich


PAINTINGS 2018

Paintings made in 2017 at my studio in Thames-Side studios in Greenwich London

PAINTINGS 2017

Painting is a bit like cooking; you can have complicated ingredients and a simple method, or simple ingredients and a complicated method. You can follow a recipe closely or see what’s in the cupboard and use your knowledge, cooking skills and intuition to make a meal. 

The ingredients for these paintings are found images of people that resonate with my memories and emotions, brought together with cityscapes that I have made on location in East London that carry an emotional bank of knowledge. 



Frank Creber