John Virtue

'London Paintings'- John Virtue is inspired by landscape paintings and has done a number of
impressive London landscape paintings himself. He first produces a range of on-site sketches
in order for his much larger paintings to be accurate and then transfers these on to a canvas
using black ink. Virtue has recently been using titanium white acrylic and black ink, as the
contrast between black and white makes it more expressive and forces him to be inventive.
I think Virtue's work is fantastic because although he uses thick brush strokes and layers of ink
and acrylic, he has produced a very detailed painting of London. It also inspires me to work
with a range of techniques including spraying.