Eleven O One is a steel sculpture created by Ray Lonsdale, a local artist from South Hetton.
It was installed for the centenary of the first world war at Terrace Green in Seaham and resides next to the war memorial.
It stand 9ft 5 inches tall and is fondly known as Tommy.

Eleven o One is a reflection of Armistice at 11am 11th November 1918. A shattered man reflecting on the atrocities of war, on the day peace broke out with no sense of joy. A relief the war has come to an end. The war to end all wars....

I chose to colour pop deliberately, as the strong sunshine and white fair weather clouds coming inland make strong backdrop for the rust of the sculpture to contrast beautifully. A significant figure dominating the picture and we can see his face in contemplation.

Available as canvas, prints and wall art at Photo4me

Seaham is on the North East Coast of England in County Durham. A place formerly of heavy industry, manufacture of glass and mining for coal. The beaches along by Seaham is often combed for glass, and is often turned into pendants by jewellery makers.
This is the main beach at Seaham which runs from the rocks that separate it from the harbour all the way to the Vane Tempest Beach. This is a 13 second exposure and has softened the clouds and water so that we can still see the rocks just beneath the water with such clarity. The beach used to be blackened by coal.
Dawdon and Easington Collieries used to operate by Seaham. With their closures, after surviving the Miner's strike of 1983 - 1984, and the local community have turned the beaches into wonderful place by the sea.
Easington was the last pit to close in the Durham coalfield in 1993. Dawdon closed two years earlier in 1991. My local pit Bearpark Colliery closed in 1984 and lot of the miners from the village continued to work at Dawdon.

Available as canvas prints and wall art at Photo4me

Seaham is on the North East Coast of England in County Durham. A place formerly of heavy industry, manufacture of glass and mining for coal. The beaches along by Seaham are often combed for glass, and is often turned into pendants by jewellery makers.
This seascape is just north of Seaham Harbour and on the horizon is Sunderland, a short drive north.
This is a long exposure 20 seconds of the incoming tide over the sandstone rocks littered with kelp and barnacles.

Available as canvas, prints and wall art at Photo4me

I recently had some prints of mine mounted for the guest room office which has been recently refurbished with a hideaway office and guest wardrobe.The walls were painted white in the south facing room to create a spacious feeling,and also to have some images hung on the walls.
After a discussion I decided to have some prints mounted for sale in the gallery. This is the selection I have chosen, as they are scenes relatively local to Sheffield in the Peak Distict. Damflask Reservoir, featured above is only minutes away from Hillsborough in Sheffield.

These prints are available in A3 with 2" white mount at Curo Gallery, Middlewood Road,Sheffield

Gallery

This is the final image of the collection of work in the style of Dominic Murray

Another port sipper was used as the prop to hold the cream and the strawberry placed at its feet. Set against a black background on top of a mirror. Note again it is a true reflection in all the images in this little collection, and finished with an oil painting effect. This image has striking contrast of the creamy white red and green, which carries through from the Reflecting on Fruit Salad and the Port Sipping Chilli Seeing Double

These were the three images without the textured finished the customer decided on for their apartment in Lanzarote, an island off Spain.

Available as an A4 square format print at the Curo Gallery, Middlewood Road, Sheffield

A port sipping pipe was used as a prop, literally to prop up the chilli.
This is another photograph from the commissioned works request from the Curo Gallery
The glass has been filled with port, a rather nice Taylor's reserve. The port sippers were a Christmas gift from a close friend just over a year ago. They are so novel and made such an unusual prop, plus as the customer is taking them to Lanzarote. Although port originates from Portugal, I thought connection with the Iberian peninsular would be appropriate.
Port sipping pipes have been around since the 16th Century.

Available as an A4 square format print at the Curo Gallery Middlewood Road, Sheffield