Paintings of Birmingham

With this series, my aim is to capture the dynamism, the energy, the electricity of Birmingham at night in the rain. The atmospheric combination of the weather, dramatic and vibrant skies, the traffic rushing past with their lights reflecting off the shimmering wet roads, and the iconic and eclectic architecture of the city.

Most of this work is currently for sale at the Purple Gallery, Bournville, Birmingham https://purplegallery.com/




An oil painting depicting moving cars travelling through Queensway in the rain in Birmingham . Showing movement and colour, using yellow and mainly brown colours, created by the artist Julie Swinsco
An oil painting depicting a wet rush hour in the rain in Birmingham showing movement and colour, using purples and reds by the artist Julie Swinsco
A large oil painting on canvas from the vantage point of the footbridge over the Queensway road looking towards the train and Snow hill station. It is dusk and it shows the light trails of the traffic in the rain. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
An oil painting on canvas from the vantage point of the footbridge over the Queensway road looking towards the underpass and Birmingham city Centre. It is dusk and it shows the light trails of the traffic in the rain. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
oil on board painted from an unusual angle looking down onto the busy Queensway road system in the heart of Birmingham, where the cars are going into the underpass in slow motion. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Oil on board painted from an unusual angle looking down onto the busy Queensway road system in the heart of Birmingham, where the cars are going into the underpass in slow motion. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Oil painting on board using a warm orange palette, depicting slow motion cars going through the yellow box intersection in front of the orange glowing Casino in the centre of Birmingham. You can partially read the text NO ENTRY painted on the road in the foreground. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Oil on board, depicting blurry cars moving through the yellow box intersection in front of the iconic, Brutalist, Old Signal Box building. Using a cool palette showing a rainy night in Birmingham. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Watercolour painting on watercolour paper, using yellow and complimentary purple colour palette. Depicting blurry cars, with light trails from my slow shutter photos, going through the yellow box intersection in front of the purple glowing Casino in the centre of Birmingham. You can partially read the text NO ENTRY painted on the road in the foreground. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Oil on board, using a palette knife in places and a mainly cool palette of blues and greens. Responding to my slow shutter photos of cars with light trails, pulling up to the roundabout with the pagoda sculpture in the middle by the tall Radisson Blu hotel. made mainly of green glass. Created by Julie Swinsco.
Depicting Birmingham outside the Mailbox at night, and the cars whizzing by on the flyover with figures walking up the stairs to the Mailbox in the foreground. Using hot orange and yellow colours in the foreground to compliment the cool blue sky. Painted in a loose and vibrant way using acrylic paint. on board by the artist Julie Swinsco.
Using inks and watercolour in a loose way, depicting Birmingham's neglected buildings with graffiti on their windows, in Hirst Street, by the Santorini restaurant, with a red car moving through the foreground. These old buildings are due for demolitions soon.
Oil on oil paper showing moving cars travelling through the orange glowing underpass at dusk in the heart of Birmingham. Created by Julie Swinsco
Inspired by the glowing orange sky on a wet night in the centre of Birmingham looking at the brutalist, old signal box building with people walking down the wet pavement. Oil on board, with a black frame, painted by Julie Swinsco.
At dusk at a busy road called Navigation street, where cars are moving up to join the Queensway network in the centre of Birmingham. with the bright lights of the underpass which leads to the Mailbox. Oil on board painted by Julie Swinsco. The foreground is a hot palette of oranges and browns to compliment the blue sky.
Depicting a person riding a pushbike though the yellow box at a busy intersection in Birmingham on a rainy night. The location is behind Grand Central train station looking towards the Grosvenor Casino which is glowing red at the moment, this building changes colour due to the front lighting. The atmosphere is of a misty blue sky and a wet road. Painted with oil paints on board by the artist Julie Swinsco.
Watercolour on watercolour paper, depicting a wet night, looking underneath the train bridge at Snow Hill station to the Queensway road system which is in heart of Birmingham. In the foreground is a moving white car, with light trails. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco.
Using a limited palette of blues and black, depicting cars moving up Navigation street, to join the Queensway network in the centre of Birmingham at dusk. Painted by Julie Swinsco.
Blue black inks on watercolour paper, showing moving cars travelling through the glowing underpass at dusk in the heart of Birmingham. Created by Julie Swinsco
Taken from a high vantage point looking down to the flowing traffic on Suffolk Street with the illuminated Mailbox in the background. The foreground colours are hots reds and oranges to depict the moving traffic and complimenting the evening blue sky. Painted in oils on board by Julie Swinsco.
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