During lockdown, as part of the ‘exercise thing’, I began packing watercolours in my bike pannier and going into the countryside to paint postcard sized pictures. I really enjoyed it. In those difficult times it was a great tonic for both body and soul. I even recorded a video about (read more…)
I often visit London often and to get across the city, in general, I would use the tube, although since the pandemic, I have been more inclined to walk. And really, if you have the time, it’s a far better way to travel, especially in an ancient city like London. (read more…)
Win this original painting of Lauderdale Road from Elgin Avenue in Maida Vale, London worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Lauderdale Road from Elgin Avenue is 28cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out (read more…)
Later this month I will be exhibiting my painting ‘Back to Padstow’ at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London. You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here I am really looking forward to getting back to exhibiting again and (read more…)
Win this original painting of Greenwich Church Street, London, worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Greenwich Church street, London is 21cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 18th March (read more…)
Last year a client contacted me to paint an anniversary present for his husband who he married in 2019. The wedding reception was at The Lamb Tavern in London’s covered Leadenhall Market and he wanted an interior scene of the market showing the pub exterior with him, his husband and their (read more…)
Win this original painting of Wardour Street, London, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Wardour street, London is 21cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 21st January 2020. I (read more…)
My normal process of work is to go on-site to begin initial drawings and watercolours of the scene in front of me. These visual notes are then used as a basis for the final painting. Earlier this year I was given a rather unusual commission. My client requested a scene (read more…)
Win this original painting of The Coach and Horses pub in Barnes, worth £140. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of The Coach and Horses pub is 20cm x 15cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on (read more…)
I received an email a few months back, requesting that I paint a house in West Street, Harrow on the Hill. A bit of a trip down memory lane as I used to work in Harrow on the Hill years ago, so many of the streets are familiar. I used (read more…)
Win this original painting of Five Fournier Street, in Spitalfields, London, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Five Fournier Street, London is 13cm x 21cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
Win this original painting of The Royal Exchange, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of The Royal Exchange, London is 21cm x 18cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 30th May 2020. (read more…)
10×10 DRAWING THE CITY LONDON 2019 THEME: ISLE OF DOGS AUCTION DATE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 18th VENUE: ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, 66 PORTLAND PLACE, W1B 1AD BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE WHAT IS 10X10? 10×10 London is Article 25’s flagship fundraising event. A unique concept, 10×10 brings together 100 prominent artists, (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of Greenwich, London, worth £110. This watercolour preparation study of Greenwich, London is 16cm x 18cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
In March I was asked to paint a picture for a 50th birthday party. The subject of the painting was venue for the party, namely The Carpenters Arms pub in Fitzrovia, London. I was exhibiting at The Mall Galleries so I had an opportunity to get the initial visual just (read more…)
I was really pleased to hear that my painting of The Tate & Lyle Sugar refinery in East London will be exhibited at The New English Art Club annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries in June. I have already painted this scene a few times in watercolour but this is (read more…)
You will find Barnes in the far west of London, nestled into one of the quieter curves of the River Thames. On arrival at the station, it doesn’t feel like London at all, more like a small rural town in the home counties. On exiting the station you’ll find it (read more…)
I was pleased to have my painting ‘Denmark Street (Tin pan Alley) chosen for entry to The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019. I was pleased to have my painting ‘Denmark Street (Tin pan Alley) chosen for entry to The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019. This annual exhibition is held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London (read more…)
I was recently asked to produce an oil painting of The Market Porter pub in Southwark’s Borough Market. Borough Market Borough Market sits at the south side of London Bridge. Records tell us that a market has been on this site since the 12th Century. However, there must have been (read more…)
painting Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, featuring Le Cochonnet restaurant and Avalon Flowers. (read more…)
When I used to commute through London, I would often see an allotment from the train window. It was quite a modest affair jammed between the track and a row of Victorian terraces pushing from behind. You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here I love allotments. (read more…)
Many of my clients do a great deal of travelling to all sorts of exotic places around the world. OK, much of it is work related, but all in all, it seems pretty exciting. I often ask if they do any painting. They almost always say no. To me it (read more…)
A client saw a quick watercolour I did of Electric Avenue in Brixton on Twitter and requested a full version. As I trundled down the Victoria Line to begin work, it occurred to me that I have seen Electric Avenue in so many guises over the years that in an (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £190 of Browing’s Pool, Little Venice, London This watercolour preperation study of Little Venice in London is 30cm x 17cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on (read more…)
I was recently commissioned by KW Wealth, an independent wealth management firm, to help illustrate their rebrand. The background to the story… Recognising that the financial industry is fragmented and can often seem unapproachable, my brief was to capture the human face of KW Wealth. Almost all their clients are (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £110 of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London. This watercolour preperation study of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is 26cm x 15cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out (read more…)
A while back, whilst on my travels through London I noticed demolition work going on around Denmark Street. It appeared that developers had already knocked down a fair bit on Earmshaw Street, and behind the buildings on Denmark Street too. Even though ‘development’ is becoming ever more commonplace I have (read more…)
This print of Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London is 33cm x 40m, signed and numbered. The newsletter will be sent out on the 26th April 2018. I look forward to your sign up in the box on this page. I give away free paintings, drawings, exhibition tickets and prints with my newsletters. (read more…)
I posted a few paintings on Twitter recently of the work I did in Greenwich, London. These were picked up by The Greenwich Visitor Magazine who asked to do a feature on them. Naturally I accepted. Very decent of them. You can read the full article below And you can see (read more…)
In my last video, I painted in the sky of the Tate & Lyle Sugar Factory to give me a basis of the tonal values and mood I needed to work with. In this video, I will be working up the lines of terraced buildings in the foreground. See my current (read more…)
In a great effort to stay with the times, and to deliver a clearer idea of what I do, I am putting more effort into video blogs. ‘Vlogs’ I am supposed to call them. I did a few last year, and I rather enjoyed it all so here we go. See (read more…)
What initially brought me to Maida Vale was a painting commission, though while there, I thought I would take the opportunity to learn a bit more about the area and to maybe do a painting or two. Of course if you are touring any area of London the first ‘stop’ (read more…)
This painting of Charing Cross Road is available to buy here. In my painting, I have chosen the view of the junction of Charing Cross Road (left to right) and Old Compton Street (ahead). At the far left is Cambridge Circus with the Junction of Shaftsbury Avenue. This road running north (read more…)
Hampstead is or was a village that sits high up on a hill overlooking London to the south. And to the North, which is up the road in my Heath Street painting, you will come across Hampstead Heath. A preserved heath land that remained remarkably unmolested by the developers. Aside (read more…)
This painting of Denmark Street is available to buy here I first noticed this scene of Denmark street whilst dipping through an alley way from the direction of Covent Garden. I paused outside the church of St Giles just by the Resurrection gate and saw the painting right in front (read more…)
Earlier in the year, I was commissioned to paint both ends of Maunsel Street, a London Westminster street. I am fortunate in that I have a job that sends me where ever the client chooses. So just when I think I know an area pretty well, I get a commission (read more…)
I have been painting London’s architecture for many years now. I have always enjoyed running about the metropolis, noting its eclectic and often eccentric buildings, so I was most intrigued when a client called me up to commission a very large mural of London buildings for her apartment. I have never done (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £100 of Shoreditch, London. This watercolour study of Shoreditch is 14cm x 16cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 18th August 2017. I look (read more…)
The online London tourist site ‘The Londonist’ contacted me and asked if they could do a feature on some of my London paintings. They were particularly keen on my London street market scenes. Naturally, I was happy to oblige. Once the article was done, they decided to do a (read more…)
Those nice people at LONDONIST, the very popular events guide to London decided to a feature on my paintings of London’s many and varied markets. “Artist Liam O’Farrell has traversed London’s biggest markets, immortalising them in his wonderful watercolours. Here, we see the markets through Liam’s eyes — some bustling, some deathly silent (read more…)
My painting of 80 Camberwell Road, a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse, is being exhibited as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2017. More about The London Festival of Architecture The London Festival of Architecture was founded in 2004, and is now firmly established as Europe’s biggest annual architecture festival. (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £190 of Denmark Street (Tin Pan Alley), London. This watercolour study is 15cm x 20cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 25 May (read more…)
I was commissioned to paint this junction of Shoreditch High Street. My client spent many years living in an apartment on this junction, and wanted a memory of it. Today, it is party central with a bar, club, coffee shop or nightclub on every corner. Oh mustn’t forget the arty (read more…)
This month I am launching my YouTube channel. It is something I have been wanted to do for a long time and am most pleased that I have finally got around to it. I will be doing videos regularly so please do subscribe, and add the odd ‘like’ too if (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £160 of Dalston Lane, Hackney, London. This watercolour study is 23cm x 13cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 27 April 2017. I (read more…)
I was recently contacted by Paint & Draw magazine to feature in an article on my work, naturally, I was more than happy to help out. During our conversation, we agreed that all the works shown were done entirely en plein air (on site) in one day. I really enjoyed (read more…)
You can buy a limited edition print of the final painting for here £120 Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £160 of The Royal Hill in Greenwich, London. This watercolour study is 21cm x 13cm, signed and (read more…)
You can buy a limited edition print of this painting here During the summer, I was commissioned to paint the White Cross riverside pub in Richmond upon Thames. It is a stout and impressive London brick building, constructed in the early 19th century as a watering hole for locals, and (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil drawing of two fellas eating their lunch on Denmark Street, London. About this drawing in Denmark Street, London I was working on a drawing in Denmark Street in London as a basis for (read more…)
I attended a tour of Smithfield Market in London. I also decided to to a painting of the market when it was all over. A real ‘Cathedral of Meat’. This painting is available to buy here. A limited edition print of this painting is available to buy here. Arriving at (read more…)