A busy Sunderland morning, caught in the early 1960s at its most alive. Shoppers move along the pavement in front of a long terrace of shopfronts — warm reds and amber ochres washed across the facades, awnings stretching out, a orange telephone box standing its ground at the kerb. Figures are sketched with that loose, instinctive line that places them firmly in the scene without pinning them down — a woman in a rust coat, a child, a dog, people going about the ordinary business of a day that has long since passed. A dark saloon car sits in the road to the right, and above it all a soft blue sky opens out, giving the whole street a brightness that feels almost like memory. This is Pennywell as it was — vivid, unhurried, full of the particular texture of a working community in its own time. The kind of scene that only exists now in photographs and the recollections of those who were there.
Details:
Original pen and Inktense artwork
Size: A5 (14.8 × 21 cm)
Created using Derwent Inktense on archival-quality 300gsm watercolour paper
Signed on the front
Unmounted and unframed
Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery
Please note: Colours may vary slightly from what you see on screen due to lighting during photography and differences between monitors. This is an original hand-painted artwork, and small variations or natural textures in the paper are part of its unique character. Mount and frame shown in images (if applicable) are for display purposes only and are not included unless stated.
A busy Sunderland morning, caught in the early 1960s at its most alive. Shoppers move along the pavement in front of a long terrace of shopfronts — warm reds and amber ochres washed across the facades, awnings stretching out, a orange telephone box standing its ground at the kerb. Figures are sketched with that loose, instinctive line that places them firmly in the scene without pinning them down — a woman in a rust coat, a child, a dog, people going about the ordinary business of a day that has long since passed. A dark saloon car sits in the road to the right, and above it all a soft blue sky opens out, giving the whole street a brightness that feels almost like memory. This is Pennywell as it was — vivid, unhurried, full of the particular texture of a working community in its own time. The kind of scene that only exists now in photographs and the recollections of those who were there.
Details:
Original pen and Inktense artwork
Size: A5 (14.8 × 21 cm)
Created using Derwent Inktense on archival-quality 300gsm watercolour paper
Signed on the front
Unmounted and unframed
Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery
Please note: Colours may vary slightly from what you see on screen due to lighting during photography and differences between monitors. This is an original hand-painted artwork, and small variations or natural textures in the paper are part of its unique character. Mount and frame shown in images (if applicable) are for display purposes only and are not included unless stated.
