The Essence of Commuting: Art Inspired by Lives on the Tube

“Joined by Monday morning” is an acrylic and charcoal painting 40 x 50cm.

Whenever I travel on the tube I like to observe how different the people are on the train. Their clothes, their body language all attest to a life lived the weekend before. The only think linking them is the brief time they sit together until their stop – never to meet again.

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About angela brittain

Each work I create has a search for “rightness” – an attempt to solve complex and often self-imposed compositional problems. They often have a tension below the surface. I work mainly in oil or acrylics on board. People fascinate me but I’m not sure that I made a conscious decision to make people central to my work or if this subject chose me. I have a Diploma in Art and Design and worked for several years as a graphic designer and illustrator before finally returning to my first love of drawing & painting in 2008. I have taught art to children and adults and currently offer one-to-one workshops from my home studio in West Sussex. I am a Member of the Society of Women Artists (SWA) and exhibit in London and the South.

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