Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Valencia: street; about Valencia

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 Valencia

Valencia is the most depersonalising big city I`ve spent much time in. I think you could become quite depressed living here.

It`s one of the least inspiring places to make art, despite the sunshine.

There`s a lot of flatness in Valencia. Flatness is very bad for a sense of place. You can feel quite hemmed in by buildings. The seafront is oddly uninspiring and sad and sits some way from the centre.

There are grand and often fantastical structures in the centre: railway stations, a fine food market, and of course the absurd but undoubtedly memorable City of Arts and Sciences building, but most of the city consists of eight storey peach, ream or light yellow blocks going on and on for mile after mile.



Valencia: street, oil on card, 25 x 20 cm - available




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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Valencia: flat 2

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Valencia: flat 2, oil on card, 20.1 x 21.6 cm - available





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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Valencia: flat 1

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Valencia: flat 1, oil on card, 22.3 x 21.7 cm - available


This flat had some sort of nastiness in it so we were always suffering from faint maladies Sick building syndrome.



Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Valencia: space between blocks in Patraix

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Valencia: space between blocks in Patraix, oil on card, 22.5 x 21.1 cm - available



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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Valencia: blocks in Patraix

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Valencia: blocks in Patraix, oil on card, 21.2 x 21.2 cm - available




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Saturday, April 11, 2026

Valencia: highway 2

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Valencia: highway 2,  oil on card,  22 x 19.5 cm - available




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Friday, April 10, 2026

Valencia: highway 1

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Valencia: highway 1,  oil on card, 21.2 x 21.5 cm - available




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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

A man in Seville

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A man in Seville
 oil on card, 20.7 x 24.9  cm - available




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Monday, April 6, 2026

Valencia: blocks near the railway crossing: La Raïosa

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Valencia, blocks near a railway crossing, oil on card, 24 x 30 cm - available



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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Valencia: blocks near the railway crossing La Raïosa

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Valencia: overpass,  blocks, oil on card, 30.5 x 27.5 cm - available


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Friday, April 3, 2026

Seville Parque de María Luisa

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Seville, Parque de María Luisa, perimeter
oil on card, 24.5 x 21.1 cm - available



There are huge trees in this park: astonishing.


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