TRANSPORTATIONS

THE BUS PAINTINGS WERE INSPIRED BY THE DEMISE OF THE ROUTEMASTER BUS IN 2006. AS A MUCH LOVED LONDON ICON THE ROUTEMASTER WAS THE PEOPLES BUS AND EACH ROUTE HOLDS A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE EMOTIONAL GEOGRAPHIES OF THE PUBLIC WHO TRAVELLED ON THE BUS. BEING BORN IN LONDON I HAVE SET OUT TO CELEBRATE THROUGH PAINT, A KIND OF PERSONAL HOMAGE TO THE SYMBOLISM THE ROUTEMASTER HAS WITHIN MY OWN METAPHYSICAL JOURNEY AND CHART THOSE OF OTHERS WHO SHARE SIMILAR FEELINGS TOWARDS THE TIME TRAVEL BUS JOURNEYS SEEM TO EMBODY. THE PICTURES ARE BUS PORTRAITS, IN THIS RESPECT, FOR ME THE NUMBER 73 AND 19 ARE SIGNIFICANT. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR HAS ALSO BEEN BBC RADIO LONDON'S (94.9FM) ROBERT ELMS SHOW, WHICH HAS OFFERED AN INVALUABLE IMAGINATIVE STIMULUS THROUGH THE ANECDOTES REVEALED BY THE LISTENERS OF LONDON.