More information on my blog http://olechko.org/2009-04-22/story-deli-ii-2009/

See the story on this piece here: http://olechko.org/2009-06-11/franze-and-evans-on-redchurch-st/

Minimal decor, old style furniture and young knowledgeable spunky stuff - this is why the place was rated in the top 50 best restaurants in the world… in spite of serving traditional British cuisine.

Today spent happily taking in the rare sunlight in the yard of the Southwark cathedral, conveniently next to all the the Borough market, leisurely taking in late breakfast and early lunch, coffee, pint… indulging exceedingly, that’s what weekends are for. In the afternoon made an image of shoppers at the market green grocers stall ( it’s the mushrooms on the picture) to mark the well spent time. Here I intentionally kept the brush stroke very loose, almost as if I was painting with watercolours, not oils.

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Had some great wind in our sales, or rather – wings – the other day when I took the butterfly-shaped kite for a fly in the park near Brick Lane. Managed to get it very high up – at full length of the twine, keep it there for a longest time possible, as well as not get it completely (just a bit) tangled up in the trees below...

This is an oil on board painting, 6x6 in large, shipped without a frame in a foam lined manilla envelope when dry to touch. 

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A new daily painting for today - and a break from working on the very large (2 x 2 m!) Brick Lane piece. Everyone is pretty tired of bundling up before leaving for outside, and getting drenched in icy rain. Let there be sunshine this coming weekend!

Here is another take on the view from the Waterloo bridge over London’s Embankment. I took about 1 10 minute detour on my bus ride because of St. Patrick’s festivities going on at Trafalgar square, but it was not a drag at all. On the opposite, the detour proved quite rewarding. I hear many complaints about London’s public transport network, but thinking of how complex and expansive it is, I think it gets me around town quite well as it is.