Lesley Anne Derks - 'Glasgow Cross at Dusk'

40x50cm

Oil on board

Lesley Anne Derks is an award winning cityscape painter & fine artist who graduated from the Glasgow School of Art.

From an early age lights at night have fascinated Lesley Anne. The elements such as rain, sleet, snow and mist gave new life to an established scene. Living in Grangemouth, an industrial town, reinforced this fascination. The lights of the man made industrial scene created a mystical atmosphere and stimulated Lesley Anne’s imagination.

Lesley Anne’s earlier work featured large halos of colour and twinkling lights suggestive of structure. Her work was interpreted by many viewers as something entirely different. Some saw alien worlds, others seascapes and some cityscapes which led Lesley Anne on to her current work painting mainly cityscapes.

All her work is based on places she has visited over the years. Her aim is to produce work that allows the viewer to experience their own version of the subtleties of movement, light and sound that she experienced when producing the work.