Gt. Northern Square 2 (40x50cm. Acrylic on board) Painted 2004 Gt. Northern Square is one of Manchester’s newest squares, and offers, to me as a painter, an interesting juxtaposition of architectural styles. Click painting to enlarge it

Gt. Northern Square (40x50cm. Acrylic on board) Painted 2004 An earlier version of Gt. Northern Square painted from a slightly different angle.   Click painting to enlarge it

Gt. Northern Square (Looking North) (40x50cm. Acrylic on board) Painted 2005. This is the first in a series of paintings in which, after being impressed by Russian Palekh and Persian art, I experimented with a new way of stylising trees and other vegetative forms. Click painting to enlarge it

Gt. Northern Square at Night (40x50cm. Acrylic on board) Painted 2004 At night Gt. Northern Square is bathed in interesting, different coloured lights, which give it a bizarre, otherworldy, space-age feel, and I tried to paint some of those effects here.   Click painting to enlarge it