Les Matthews

Les says: "My work uses traditional Renaissance techniques; many learnt from when I was a restorer at the National Gallery London.

I am inspired by cityscapes and architecture; I love the way they constantly grow and change. These inspirations began on my first visits to New York where I really saw skyscrapers scraping the skyline of Manhattan!

Often my work has shades of tonal paneling where I try to give the imagery a structure that belongs to the painting itself not based on what I see. Some shapes pick out the areas of particular interest to myself either emotionally or visually, some are purely compositional.

I do see myself in a deep figurative tradition, but I am an artist not a camera"!