My paintings are simple, they are all based on every day experiences , situations , moments  and all the little things that might lay dormant in a dark corner, somewhere inside your head , but its always there every day , every week ....  Both good and bad .”

Everyday working class people are my subject matter , people I have happened upon in my travels , my painting is figurative, using oils and a random  technique , meeting people gives me  a chance to portray or capture a moment in their lives, one of these occasions was when I was fortunate enough to meet  Ron. Ron is a veteran of world war two, the first thing to catch my eye  was  his medal ribbons, two rows deep, so many colours, mounted on a silver bar across his chest , the sun glinting off the highly polished silver demanded my attention like a magpie ...... and Bang !

There was Ron, a small framed little old man in a smart dark charcoal grey- blue overcoat  and pants above shiny black leather shoes  . My dad always said you can tell a lot about a man by his shoes.

Ron had a story, a story far darker than yours and mine,  but you would never know Ron’s true story because to you and I, he is just a really nice old east ender, quietly living the rest of his days in 7 kings. He could be anyone’s grandfather, somebody’s  great grandfather, a happy little fellow, kind and warm ....and Ron will never tell.

It doesn’t matter who you are, rich, poor, young, old we all have a story.

Peter  Hanlon 2008

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Jason Bradbury
020 7244 0764 or 07931 953934