About the Book
My excursions in the City are generally unplanned and the choice of subjects results from spontaneous impressions. I may set out from the steps of St.Paul's Cathedral and go towards Bank, Bishopsgate, London Wall or Cheapside, along the way turning up the numerous side alleys which criss-cross the area. There is always new development happening in the City, and the massive girders of primary structures rise up like fantastic modernist sculptures. I like the looming buildings, their long shadows contrast with shafts of light on embellished exteriors. All this contributes to the individual character and historical flux of the 'Square Mile'. Philip James, September '02
Table of Contents:
Image files: Aldermanbury, Aldersgate, Amen Court, Angel Court, Ave Maria Lane, Barbican, Bartholomew Square, Basinghall Street, Bell Inn Yard, Bishopsgate, Blomfield Street, Bow Lane, Bread Street, Bucklersbury Passage, Camomile Street, Cannon Street, Carter Court, Cavendish Street, Cheapside, Circus Place, City at Bank, Construction Site, St Mary Axe, Copthall Street, Cornhill, Dove Court, Eastcheap Street, Fann Street, Finch Lane, Fish Street Hill, Fore Street, Foster Lane, Golden Lane, Gracechurch Street, Great St.Helen's, Great Winchester Street, Gresham Street, Guildhall, Gutter Lane, Honey Lane, Houndsditch, Interior of St.Paul's, Ironmonger Lane, King Street, King Edward Street, King William Street, Leadenhall Market, Leadenhall Street, Lime Street, Little Britain, Liverpool Street, Lombard Street, London Wall Walk, Lothbury, Love Lane, Ludgate Circus, Ludgate Hill, Mansion House, Milk Street, Monument, Moorgate, New Change, Newgate, Old Broad Street, Old Jewry, Paternoster Row, Poultry, Queen Street, Ropemaker Street, Royal Courts of Justice, Royal Exchange, St Alban's Court, St.Bartholomew's Church, St Mary Axe, St.Mary Le Bow, St Martin's Le Grand, St Paul's Churchyard, Shoreditch, Stonecutter Street, Swan Lane, Threadneedle Street, Throgmorton Street, Undershaft, View of the City, Walbrook, Watling Street, White Lion Street, Wood Street. Text files - City: The London Journal, notes and observations 1966-2000
About the Author :
Philip James, born 1948, Bromley, Kent England. BA Fine Art Slade School UCL; MA Art History, Kingston University. Maintains art practice as Philip James Studio. Editor Cv/Visual Arts Research since 1995.
Review :
"The seeming variety of painting styles, at one point representational and then at another so abstract. Also the use of color is right on. Vivid in the more abstract landscapes and then more subtle and unexpected in the cityscapes." Jack O'Neill, Elm Hill Gallery, Houston. "His large townscapes express a romantic classicism recalling Richard Parkes Bonington...the artist's small watercolours make an innovative interpretation of the landscape." Exhibition at Reade's Gallery, Aldeburgh, reviewed by Richard Inman in the East Anglian Daily Times.
