East Stand, Arsenal Stadium
Original Painting : Sold
Drawn and painted during Arsenal’s last full season at Highbury before the move around the corner to the Emirates Stadium. I lived on St Thomas’s Road in Highbury’s shadow for many many years, coming home from work late at night with swarms of supporters exiting the tube. The buzz of excitement, the smell of burger vans wafting onion goodness, giant ketchup bottles, brightly lit scarf stalls, men touting for tickets, fanzines for sale, and in the distance flags flying on top of the Art Deco East stand. One Nil to the Arsenal. I wanted to capture the beauty in the façade and the small red turn-style doors I used to enter the stadium just below the Home changing rooms where I once saw Ian Wright hold aloft the Premier League Trophy through the window.
Original Painting : Sold
Drawn and painted during Arsenal’s last full season at Highbury before the move around the corner to the Emirates Stadium. I lived on St Thomas’s Road in Highbury’s shadow for many many years, coming home from work late at night with swarms of supporters exiting the tube. The buzz of excitement, the smell of burger vans wafting onion goodness, giant ketchup bottles, brightly lit scarf stalls, men touting for tickets, fanzines for sale, and in the distance flags flying on top of the Art Deco East stand. One Nil to the Arsenal. I wanted to capture the beauty in the façade and the small red turn-style doors I used to enter the stadium just below the Home changing rooms where I once saw Ian Wright hold aloft the Premier League Trophy through the window.
Original Painting : Sold
Drawn and painted during Arsenal’s last full season at Highbury before the move around the corner to the Emirates Stadium. I lived on St Thomas’s Road in Highbury’s shadow for many many years, coming home from work late at night with swarms of supporters exiting the tube. The buzz of excitement, the smell of burger vans wafting onion goodness, giant ketchup bottles, brightly lit scarf stalls, men touting for tickets, fanzines for sale, and in the distance flags flying on top of the Art Deco East stand. One Nil to the Arsenal. I wanted to capture the beauty in the façade and the small red turn-style doors I used to enter the stadium just below the Home changing rooms where I once saw Ian Wright hold aloft the Premier League Trophy through the window.