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Hampstead painting Flask Walk

An exhibition at The Catto Gallery in Hampstead, London

Jun 26 1 Comment

I have a painting showing in a new exhibition at the Catto Gallery in Hampstead, London.  Flask Walk in Hampstead For my subject, I chose to paint Flask Walk, a charming little walkway lined with shops and cafés, ending with a fine pub, The Flask. Interestingly, the name ‘Flask Walk’ comes from the flasks thatRead more…

Seville in spain painting

A painting of Seville, Spain to win in my next newsletter sent on the 17th-Oct-24

Oct 10 2 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter to enter a free draw to win my signed, original painting of Seville, Spain worth £120, This painting is 20cm x 21cm, signed & mounted on acid-free card. Newsletter sent 17th-October-24. Sign up to my newsletter here   I look forward to your sign up in the box on thisRead more…

A painting of Rocky Mountain Nurseries

A painting of Rocky Mountain Nurseries to win in my next newsletter to be sent on the 13th-Sep-24

Sep 06 2 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter here to enter a free draw to win my signed, original painting of Rocky Mountain Nurseries, Somerset worth £160, This painting is 29cm x 20cm, signed & mounted on acid-free card. Newsletter sent 8th-August-24 . I look forward to your sign up in the box on this page. There willRead more…

Four paintings London and Somerset

Four small oil paintings from a small paint box

Sep 19 4 Comments

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 it. As time went on,Read more…

painting fishmonger in Beer and Brill fish

A painting of a fishmonger in Beer, Dorset to win in my next newsletter sent on the 22th-Sep-22

Sep 13 4 Comments

Win this original painting of a fishmonger and Brill in Beer, Dorset worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw   This watercolour study of this fishmonger and a Brill fish is 25cm x 20cm and is signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on theRead more…

Leadenhall Market painting

A painting of Leadenhall Market in The City of London

Jan 21 2 Comments

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 families and friends. A realRead more…

Chipping Campden St James Church Painting

A Painting of Chipping Campden in The Cotswolds

Nov 12 5 Comments

During the summer I got a commission to go and paint a scene in Chipping Campden in The Cotswolds. I used to visit Chipping Campden regularly about ten years ago as I exhibited in the village of Broadway just up the road. I was looking forward to stopping by again to push a bit ofRead more…

painting of The Market Porter

A painting of The Market Porter pub in Borough Market

Mar 25 No Comments

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 a market way before thatRead more…

Painting of Aimargues France

A painting trip to Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France

Jul 25 1 Comment

Earlier this year, we took a trip with friends down to Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France. I have not been to this part of France for many years and was really looking forward to it. Naturally, I took my paints, and managed to get a few scenes in as I rested and tucked into theRead more…

A mural of London Architecture

A 4.2 meter wide mural of London’s architecture painted on an apartment wall

Aug 17 2 Comments

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 a mural before, so IRead more…

Lononist video on my London Market Paintings

A video by The Londonist about my paintings of London Markets

Aug 04 2 Comments

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 video featuring a few ofRead more…

londonist feature

The LONDONIST have done a feature on my London Market paintings

Jul 19 No Comments

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 — and hear about themRead more…

A sketchbook video of Liam ofarrell artist

Launching my YouTube Channel – A Sketchbook View

Apr 26 9 Comments

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 you’re keen. A Sketchbook viewRead more…

Painting of The Royal Hill, Greenwich

Original painting to give away in next newsletter sent 23 March 2017

Mar 20 2 Comments

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 mounted on acid-free card. TheRead more…

a painting of Smithfield market, London

A painting and tour of Smithfield Market. A real ‘Cathedral of Meat’

Dec 14 1 Comment

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’. A limited edition print of this painting is available to buy here. Arriving at Smithfield Market The Market opens at 2am would you believe? This isRead more…

Watercolour painting of Leadenhall Market

A painting of Leadenhall Market, London

Aug 24 2 Comments

Whilst wondering about The City of London one weekend, I accidently came across Leadenhall Market. I had no idea it was there and it is a bit of a shock at first site. An ornate red cake wedding cake of a building muscled in either side by concrete and glass. You can buy a limitedRead more…

painting of Street Feast Hackney, London

A painting of Dalston Yard Street Feast, Hackney, London

Jan 24 6 Comments

I was invited to do a painting of The Dalston Yard Street Feast in Hackney London. This being a disused light industrial factory complex in the heart of Dalston, which has found a new life as a street food eatery, and a night spot. Click images below to see them larger About Dalston Yard Street Feast, HackneyRead more…

paintings of London markets

Paintings of ten London Street Markets part 2 of 2

Dec 16 3 Comments

I have been painting London scenes for many years and has a particular interest in the ever changing face of the street markets. Many have been on the same site for over 500 years, and some for just a few years. To survive and thrive however each has to adapt to the unpredictable shifts the metropolisRead more…

five London Street Markets

Paintings of ten London Street Markets part 1 of 2

Dec 16 No Comments

I have been painting London scenes for many years and has a particular interest in the ever changing face of the street markets. Many have been on the same site for over 500 years, and some for just a few years. To survive and thrive however each has to adapt to the unpredictable shifts the metropolisRead more…

A painting of Broadway market, London

A painting of Broadway Market, Hackney, London

Nov 16 2 Comments

This painting is available to buy here as a limited edition print. If any East London market tells a story of steady gentrification of the area it is Broadway Market in Hackney. It was first opened in the 1890’s to serve the local population who lived in the newly built Victorian terraces, many of theseRead more…

A painting of Berwick Street Market, Soho, London

A painting of Berwick Street Market, Soho London

Oct 09 2 Comments

You can buy this painting as a limited edition print here Berwick Street in Soho has been there since 1703 and it wasn’t long before local traders figured out that this small street would be a good spot to sell fruit, vegetables and general goods. And despite the ever shifting tides of London life, theRead more…

A painting of the Southbank Centre Market

A painting of The Real Food Market on the Southbank

Jul 08 No Comments

See this painting larger by clicking here I was recently asked to paint The Real Food Market on the Southbank in London by a client who used to work there with his wife. They had great memories over the years and wanted something permanent to remember it all by. About the The Real Food Market MarketsRead more…

A painting of Spitalfields Market

A painting of Spitalfields Market, London and the Edards Family

Apr 29 3 Comments

This painting is available as a limited edition print here Producing a painting of this scene of Spitalfields Market has long been on my list of ‘Paintings to do’. I love painting markets, and this one is a real treat with plenty of history attached too. The Edards family at Spitalfields Market So when IRead more…

A painting of Brick Lane Market

A painting of Brick Lane market

Jan 04 2 Comments

This painting is available as a limited edition print here There has been a market on Brick Lane since the 17th Century and was then known as ‘The Truman Markets after the old brewery that used to be on situated at number 91. In those days, it was just a Sunday market to cater forRead more…

Camden Market painting

A painting of Camden Market, London

Nov 24 No Comments

This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here Camden market is situated on the Regent’s Canal and occupies a complex of disused Victorian warehouses, and even an old horse hospital, that cluster around the canal and up Camden High Street. It mainly sells clothes, books, music,Read more…

Painting of Columbia Road Market

A watercolour painting of Columbia Road Market, London

Sep 14 No Comments

You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here ‘I got it from a man I met in a pub!’ I was in the Barley Mow Pub in Shoreditch waiting for a friend of mine. After a short time he texted me explaining he would be late. Normally this is a bit ofRead more…

Painting fo Portobello Road

A days painting in Kensington and Chelsea with Pintar Rapido

Aug 06 7 Comments

This painting is available as a limited edition print here. Pintar Rapido is essentially a painting competition where you have to paint a picture in a single day and exhibit the next day all within the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Last year I did a watercolour painting of the Michelin Building and IRead more…

Painting fo Bacon Street Spitalfields

A painting of Bacon Street Market, Spitalfields

May 22 No Comments

The painting is available to buy as a limited edition print here Someone who has never visited Brick Lane Market before could be forgiven for thinking that ‘Brick Lane market’ was all there is, you will discover, however, a few scattered other market gems huddled in the surrounding streets and one of these is BaconRead more…

Covent Garden Piazza watercolour

A watercolour of Covent Garden Market

Jan 16 2 Comments

I was commissioned to do a painting of Covent Garden in central London. The client asked for a picture of the present market hall built in 1830, also including a few local characters. A delight to do. When I arrived on site sketchbook in hand I began pulling in the shapes and counting the chimneysRead more…

A watercolour of Brough Market in London

A commission to paint a watercolour of Borough Market in London

Aug 13 No Comments

This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here I was recently commissioned to do a watercolour of Borough Market in London at the south end of London Bridge in Southwark.   Although sellers have been on the site for well over 1,500 years the market wasRead more…

Brick Lane and Sclater Street– Watching over the Big Society

May 20 3 Comments

This painting is availabe as a limited edition print I have just finished an oil painting of Brick Lane Market. Well technically it is Sclater Street although most people will know it as part of the Brick Lane market. It’s just tucked around the corner a wee bit. Blink and you’ll miss it. It isRead more…

A painting of Whitechapel High Street

An oil painting of the Whitechapel Road

Aug 31 2 Comments

This painting is available to buy as a limited edition print This is the Whitechapel Road in East London. I have painted this scene a number of times and i am still drawn to it. A street like this will at first site appear static, unchanging. Though on closer observation you notice it is inRead more…

A painting of Columbia Road, London

A completed Painting of Columbia Road Market

Aug 31 No Comments

This painting is available as a limited edition print After much aggravation in the initial drawing stage I have finally completed the painting of Columbia Road Market. It was a challenge to do and took much longer than I first anticipated. I just kept adding figures. The last being the small girl in the front.Read more…

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