Modern & Contemporary Paintings & Drawings

A selected cross-section of paintings and works on paper from my collection, spanning Modern British, Contemporary, Figurative and Outsider Art. Works are available for sale, rental or loan, with further pieces available on request.

David Hockney (BRITISH 1937-2026)

William Burroughs II

Ink on paper
signed with initials and dated 'DH 80' (lower right)
163⁄4 x 14 in. (42.5 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1980

£POA

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915–2003)

Three Chevrons & Spiral for Red, Black and White, 1994

Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Terry Frost’, titled and dated ‘Sept 94’ on the canvas overlap
167 × 115 cm framed

Provenance
Godson & Coles, London, where acquired by the previous owners in 2012
Sotheby’s, London, Modern British Art, 23 November 2022

£Available for Rental

John Mitchell (1942 – 2014)

Projected Piers II Diptych

Oil on canvas, diptych
Signed, titled and dated
Each canvas measures: 290 × 160 cm

Provenance
Direct from the Artist’s Studio- Cornwall

£Available for Rental

John Mitchell (1942 – 2014)

Projected Piers from Pier & Its Projection, 1986/87

Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated verso
Dimensions 297 × 335 cm

Provenance
Direct from the Artist’s Studio, Cornwall

£Available for Rental

Dennis Hopper (1936–2010)

Early Painting 1980

Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions 48 × 48 in | 121.9 × 121.9 cm

£8,500 & Available for Rental

Though he is best known as the auteur of Easy Rider (1969) and as a prolific actor, with roles in some of the most iconic films of the 20th century, including Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Apocalypse Now (1979), and Blue Velvet (1986), Dennis Hopper was also an active visual artist. Influenced by a range of actors and artists, including James Dean, Marcel Duchamp, and Andy Warhol, he produced paintings, assemblages, and hundreds of photographs in concentrated periods throughout his career. In the early 1960s, he was among the key figures in L.A.’s avant-garde art scene. Photography was central to his practice; from 1961-67, Hopper shot in California, New York, Alabama, and Mexico, amassing a body of black-and-white photographs ranging from street scenes to portraits of icons of the age, establishing a vision that would shape his acclaimed directorial work.

Miles Davis (1926-1991) & Jo Gelbard

Final Cut

Acrylic on linen canvas panel, titled Final Cut. Signed lower left "Miles." Painted in 1990 as part of a series of urban inspired works created for an art exhibition in Soho, New York City.

Dimensions 38 7/8 by 37 3/8 inches

£Available for Rental

William S Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg

Korean Tyger, 1991

Acrylic on paper
44 x 58.5 cm (17 1/4 x 23 in.)
Signed lower left and center, titled and dated lower left

Provenance

Acquired by a private collector directly from Allen Ginsberg
Sotheby's New York, October 7, 1999, lot 183
Private Collection, New York

This collaborative work was created when Allen Ginsberg was visiting William Burroughs in Lawrence, Kansas in the Spring of 1991.

£On Loan

Lolo Soldevilla- Dolores Soldevilla Nieto (Pinar del Río, Cuba 1901-Havana, 1971)

Titled "Vertical", nº2, 1957

Mixed technique Oil and relief wood on board 
Certificate of Authenticity from Mrs. Martha Flora Carranza.Original sales receipt on reverse 
Signed and dated on verso
Measures: 69 x 38 cm; 78 x 49 cm (frame)

£12,000

Lolo Soldevilla- Dolores Soldevilla Nieto (Pinar del Río, Cuba 1901-Havana, 1971)

Untitled, 1956

Oil and relief of 40 pieces of wood on board
Certificate of Authenticity from Mrs. Martha Flora Carranza.Original sales receipt on reverse 
Signed and dated on verso
Measures: 67 x 37 cm.

£8000

Frances Turner (British- 1965-2003)

Self-Portrait
Oil on board
29.7 x 48 cm. (11 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)

£On Loan

Frances Turner was a painter and draughtswoman known for psychologically charged portraits and studies of the human figure. Initially trained as an actor at RADA, she later studied Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and Central Saint Martins. Turner was selected for the BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on five occasions — in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001 — and was the recipient of the Carroll Foundation Award for portraiture in 1996. Her work frequently explored identity, mortality and the changing human body, combining close observation with an often uncompromising psychological intensity.

Sir Peter Blake (b1932)

Marilyn Monroe, Black' (1990)

Photographs and enamel painting on wood.
Title, signature and date on the reverse.
Provenance: London, Waddington Custot Galleries;
Expo: Thun, Galerie zur alten deutschen Schule, Royal Academy Painters, 20.6-9.8-1992 (label on the reverse).
55 x 36cm

£22,000 & Available for Rental

Katrin Fridriks (Icelandic b.1974)

Titled ‘Follow Me’, Circa 2013

Acrylic on canvas laid to board, signed, titled and dated in black marker verso; canvas

Dimensions 120cm diameter ARR

Provenance- from the private collection of Steve Lazarides. Lazinc Gallery

£9,750

Melanie Comber- British b.1970

Titled- Photo Circa 2000;

Oil and pigment on canvas, signed, dated and titled verso

Dimensions 192cm x 230cm

£3,500 & Available for Rental

Hannah Bays- British b.1982

Titled Kink Circa 2015

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions 200 x 150 cm

£Available for Rental

George (Kwesi Afedzi) Hughes (Ghanaian, born 1962)

'Gun-gaze'

Signed and dated 'Hughes 09' (lower right); inscribed with title (verso)
acrylic and oil on canvas

Dimensions 100.5 x 81cm (39 9/16 x 31 7/8in).

£Available for Rent

Johnson Ocheja (Nigerian, born 1993)

Lochs in the Garden

Signed and dated 'Johnson Ocheja/ 2022' (lower right); numbered '021' (verso of stretcher bar)

Oil and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions 135.5 x 120cm (53 3/8 x 47 1/4in).

£Available for Rent

Henry James (Nigerian B.1996)

Rose

Signed and dated Henry James / 24 lower right
mixed media on canvas
Dimensions 83.8 x 66cm; 32 3/4 x 26in

£Available for Rent