Research: John Virtue - the urban environment

John Virtue’s Landscapes of London at the National Gallery are almost abstract but also figurative, with a lot of expression and drama, and I can see some resemblance to Turner’s landscape style in black and white. He works only in black and white acrylic on Canvas.

In contrast to Turner however, I find them very unsettling; almost disturbing, and clearly rather than aiming for realistic representations of his subjects he is representing his perceptions and feelings towards the place portrayed.

Some examples of his work are

Landscape 707

Landscape 706

Reference

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artist-john-virtue/exhibition/land707.htm