The Lost Arcade Original Painting

Description

The Lost Arcade Original Painting

The Story-

I was working on a painting called The Arcade while juggling life at Broadway Market. On that day, I brought it with me, painting between sales. Everything felt ordinary, alive, buzzing with colour and sound.

As the day wound down, Mikey came to help me pack up. We shut the cart, put away the paints, and carefully placed the painting on top of our classic Blanchouse market cart. We wheeled it through London Fields Park in usual fashion. Everything felt routine - nothing hinted that something out of the ordinary was about to happen.

It wasn’t until we returned to our storage unit that I reached for the painting… and it was gone. Just vanished. Stolen? Misplaced? We both looked in despair, the question impossible to answer. The one clue we had was El Ganso CCTV: when we left the market, the painting was still there, perched on the cart. Then, somehow, it disappeared into the city - a mystery that lingers to this day.

The new Arcade painting is a tribute to that missing piece - a way to honour what was lost. A reminder that even when a piece goes missing, its spirit can still ignite imagination. The Stolen Arcade became more than a painting - it became a story, a chase, and now, in this tribute, it lives again. Even though something has been lost, it’s not gone. 

 

Size & Editions - 

18" x 24" canvas

1 Edition

Materials used- 

Cotton canvas, oil paint, acrylic paint, ink and gold leaf. 

Frame

Client to have preference on their choice of frame. Artist will work with you and send over sample options for framing. 

Care - 

Avoid any contact with skin, oils and moisture of hands. Extremely delicate to dust and scratches. 

Delivery-

To be discussed with artist on purchase.