London, Summer 2018

Foreshore Conversations. For Ken Hesketh 5 8 18
Conversation with Marius Skaerved & Umberto Boccioni 10 8 18
Canary Wharf reflections, from rom Ratcliffe Cross Stairs 29 7 18
High Tide at New Crane Stairs. (Homage to Graham Sutherland) 1 8 18
Ebb-tide-twist. Steam Wharf foreshore, Wapping 30 7 18
A favourite table in Smithfield. 14 7 18 with Malene Sheppard Skaerved
light, wind, water
notation of a delightful evening chez Monika Machon & Richard Bram
LImehouse Reach 28 7 18
Cloud Study 27 7 18
Sky etching 27 7 18
In Limina – Clouds 27 718
A walk home from Temple: conversation with Marius Skaerved, lunchtime throng and plane trees in the city 24 7 18
Wapping View South West 27 7 18
Plague pit now more: conversation and coffee in the sunshine. Charterhouse Square, 6 6 18
Lost Rivers of London: The Lambs Conduit dreams of the Sea / Where the gannets bathe
1 7 18
An afternoon in the National Gallery with Bernardo Bellotto and some delightful French school children. 29 6 18
Lost rivers of London: A Day with the Tyburn beneath my feet/Reading Froissart. 26 6 18
Lost rivers of London. The Clerkes Well and the Fleet. 25 6 18
Lost Rivers of London: The Black Ditch (Shoreditch to Three Colt Street) 24 6 18
After-concert routine-insomnia (aching hands). counting wrong notes. Finishing yesterday’s drawing – River-run/Limehouse Reach 17 06 18
Strange evening on Sloane Square: Gilgamesh, in mourning for Enkidu, crosses the Westbourne River 9 6 18
There are moments when Fragonard stops me in my tracks, and today I was able to spend 15 minutes with ‘The Artist’s Inspiration’ at the Courtauld, armed with my notebook. It’s precisely how I feel after a night of practice. 8 6 18