Ury blues Still Life Inspired by the late Japanese

Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro

and the raw urgency of his mark-making

Batman & Robin

where the building seems to rise out of the trees as much from imagination as from stone

I've returned to the subject to channel my inner street-cool kid from the Upper East Side (Lochee)…

Ury blues Still Life Inspired by the late Japanese30 x 30 cm Ury House is a building I know well, but it still has a habit of feeling different each time I come back to it. Having lived on the estate for many years, Ive seen it through all sorts of changes, and it has become a familiar part of the landscape. In many of my paintings, the house appears at a distance, almost as part of the wider setting. Here, though, it takes centre stage