Jeannie lived on the ground floor of the block of flats I lived in the 1990's. She never once mentioned me tottering home at 3am, and every Sunday she cooked a full roast dinner just in case the family popped in.

Sometimes they did.

An original narrative character painting from my Flat Series, celebrating ordinary people, remembered lives and the little rituals that say more than we realise.

.Jeannie an original character painting from my Flat series lived on the ground floor of the block of flats I lived in in the 1990's.

We were very different creatures. I was young, coming and going at ridiculous hours; Jeannie belonged to a world of routine, Sunday dinners and keeping things just so. Yet she never once mentioned hearing me tottering in at 3am.

Every Sunday, without fail, she cooked a proper roast dinner in case the family popped in.

Sometimes they did.

I keep thinking about that meal being made regardless — the table prepared, the expectation, the hope. It’s such an ordinary act, but somehow it contains an entire life.

Jeannie is part of my Flat Series, a collection of Northern narrative figurative paintings inspired by the people who once lived around me: neighbours whose lives were glimpsed through stairwells, open doors and everyday routines.

Art that feels familiar.
People you’ve never met. Faces you somehow remember.

Original painting
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 x 1.5 inches
Signed by the artist
Original artwork – only one available

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