Greenham Common Bunker

I have just completed a new painting based on the bunkers at Greenham Common which were constructed to house the infamous US Cruise missiles for a period in the 1980s.

Nic Pehkonen, Greenham Common Bunker, 2012, w 169cm x h 179cm
Household emulsion paint on unstretched canvas hung on 4 x tarpaulin clips.

The idea for this painting came from looking at some aerial views of the bunkers which revealed them to be almost square (in terms of their footprint) and something of a letter 'H' shape which I thought would make for a satisfying composition.

Greenham Common Bunkers

Cheltenham Group of Artists - Spring Exhibition

I should really have posted this last week but I currently have a couple of paintings in the Cheltenham Group of Artists Spring Exhibition at the Gardens Gallery in Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham.

Nic Pehkonen, Cam Long Down, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas

Nic Pehkonen, Concrete Wall (Sizewell A), 2012, Household Emulsion on unstretched canvas

The exhibition runs until Tuesday and the gallery opening times are 10 - 5pm daily (including today, Sunday).