Alternative Belfast All Lit Up At Night

I wanted to create a piece that encapsulated some the changes I’ve see in in Belfast since moving back home after living 14 years away.
Walking around the city centre on a Saturday night I definitely felt a new vibrancy & energy to city but also the rawness & industrial feel from a bygone era still definitely remained.

Belfast city itself is also becoming increasingly multicultural with people travelling from all over the world to either live or visit. This is the reason I decided to collage local & French poster into the piece.
This city is also one of the street art capitals of Europe so I also wanted to evoke the feeling of the street art movement of 1980s New York into the painting.
A movement that greatly influences my work.

How have you seen Belfast change over the last few years?

“Alternative Belfast All Lit Up At Night”

137 by 238cm
Mixed media on canvas