Abney Park Angel, 2020

During lockdown, I went for a walk in Abney Park Cemetery and admired the stone angels. They seemed so loving and peaceful. As though they were watching over the dead as a parent would watch over a child, sleeping. It was a sunny day, with blue sk...

During lockdown, I went for a walk in Abney Park Cemetery and admired the stone angels. They seemed so loving and peaceful. As though they were watching over the dead as a parent would watch over a child, sleeping. It was a sunny day, with blue sky and dappled light through the leafy trees. I came home and made two A2 colour sketches and then went on to do a series of paintings about stone angels coming to life and playing in the fountains in Granary Square. My angels may have come from the cemetery but they’re not spooky - at least not to me - ahd I figured they deserved some time off.