Rain Paintings
This collection is inspired by my experience as a commuter from Sussex to London.
I work a few days in London each week and devote the rest of my time to my artwork and my family. My chief joy has always been to paint people, which until now had been in terms of life drawing or portraiture, but with this series I’ve been experimenting more with scenes, with fleeting moments. It’s not so much about capturing a likeness but capturing an atmosphere, a moment, in my paintings.
Postcard Art Exhibit inspired
The first painting was made for the Postcard Art Exhibit, formally Twitter Art Exhibit in 2015 in Norway, in which artists were invited to submit postcard-sized pieces in any medium for a charity auction. From then on, I’ve grown the collection, and also donated others to the Twitter Art Exhibit, New York, and Cheltenham (2021).
All of the paintings are named by the place and time of the reference photo. As I look for more reference images, I’m drawn to the bright and colourful, looking for colours to offset the grey hues of the tarmac and pavement.
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The postcard series
Most of this series were painted on primed artists watercolour postcard
![07.43 The Station. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/f463b5d2-820c-48aa-a473-a9c135744d31/07.43+East+Grinstead+Station_lo+%C2%A9+Sheri+Gee_front.jpg)
07.43 The Station. Private Collection
![08.37 London Bridge. Original Twitter Art Exhibit piece. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/fde39b93-bcc6-47eb-a6c6-bbed5e0fa12f/08.37+London+Bridge+Twitter.jpg)
08.37 London Bridge. Original Twitter Art Exhibit piece. Private Collection
![08.41 London Bridge. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/c7b21984-cba9-4364-95a9-d050a5b5d0c8/08.41+London+Bridge+%C2%A9+Sheri+Gee_low.jpg)
08.41 London Bridge. Private Collection
![08.41 London Bridge. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/1712429567850-OIKFN5CT1PZUKI21YUQW/Rain6%2B%25C2%25A9%2BSheri%2BGee%2Bcopy.jpg)
08.41 London Bridge. Private Collection
08.36 Shad Thames
08.46 Canon Street. Private Collection
![18.24. Under the Shard. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/96ffb701-fe6d-48f8-9b82-da6fe2f62d59/18.24-Under-the-Shard-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee-1280x960.jpg)
18.24. Under the Shard. Private Collection
08.49 Friday Street
![18.03 Canon Street. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/e7c7575e-4fc2-46f8-8808-b1c7341305cb/18.03-Canon-Street-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee-2015-1280x960.jpg)
18.03 Canon Street. Private Collection
08.36 London Bridge
09.17 More London. Private Collection
![18.01 Mansion House](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/cffdef66-359e-445f-88e6-944590c240f7/18.01-Mansion-House-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee-2015-1280x960.jpg)
18.01 Mansion House
![08.37 More London. Twitter Art Exhibit 2021. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/c2283e43-7cfb-439a-ae28-2fb7230bc625/08.37+More+London_close+low%C2%A9+Sheri+Gee+2021.jpg)
08.37 More London. Twitter Art Exhibit 2021. Private Collection
![17.59 Friday Street. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/a435a21d-4fdb-4366-bba7-0c6ed90d522f/17.59-Friday-Street_Sheri-Gee-copy-1280x960.jpg)
17.59 Friday Street. Private Collection
Across the Park in Daylight
![08.39 London Bridge. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/669ba9ee-53a1-4457-961e-5bcbffcf3119/08.39-London-Bridge-Station-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee-2015.jpg)
08.39 London Bridge. Private Collection
![08.37. London Bridge. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/194d32e8-8157-4b76-9670-9d1c813365df/08.37London-Bridge-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee-copy.jpg)
08.37. London Bridge. Private Collection
Larger pieces
![09.26 More London, oil on canvas. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/53163b85-f60f-4080-ba7f-4f6819a13447/09.26+More+London+%C2%A9+Sheri+Gee+2018+copy.jpg)
09.26 More London, oil on canvas. Private Collection
![09.53 More London, oil on panel. Private Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66111b29be11b66678cefa5d/703574ac-2041-4d57-b31d-29f0bb188a42/09.53-More-London.-%C2%A9-Sheri-Gee.jpg)
09.53 More London, oil on panel. Private Collection