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From the cover of\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe Pink Floyd studio album ‘Animals’, and one of Paul’s and his cousin Richard’s\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efavourite LPs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• A silhouette of Churchill referencing the bronze statue sculpted by Ivor Roberts-Jones. It\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis located on a spot referred to in the 1950’s by Churchill as ‘‘where my statue will go’’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Three recent additions to the pelicans (named Sun, Moon and Star) living on the lake in\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea famous royal park named after a leper hospital. The original pelicans were a gift to\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles II from the Russian Ambassador in 1664. 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Mary 1 who were all born in Greenwich.\u003cbr\u003eGreenwich Market, The 02 and Canary Wharf.\u003cbr\u003eBottom Right of the drawing a homage to The Beatles “Abbey Road” Album cover with the fab 4 on the zebra crossing and the some of the lyrics to “Come together” on the shop fronts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI add stories, history or events that interest me.\u003cbr\u003eMy drawings can take up to six months to complete e.g. while photographing my Cousins wife Anne and her daughters Claire and Kelly in front of the Cutty Sark one summers evening a drunken trouble maker was being arrested and put into a police van behind us.\u003cbr\u003eThe usual Route master London buses and my 1964 Beetle are also featured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTodd White, Mayfair, London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Hiles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395857043738,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/2445\/6986\/files\/In_the_meantime_2018_by_Paul_Hiles_Ok_11.jpg?v=1692878944"},{"product_id":"nelsons-perspective-2014","title":"Nelsons Perspective 2014","description":"\u003cp class=\"field\"\u003eNelsons Perspective 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraphite on Paper,\u003cbr\u003e146cm x 217cm.\u003cbr\u003eJuly 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHidden amongst the streets you can find: Boris Johnson on his bike.\u003cbr\u003eA Banner with Nelson Mandela on it, next to South Africa House.\u003cbr\u003ePaintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Velazquez and George Stubbs through the windows of the National Gallery.\u003cbr\u003eA selection of my favourite Artists such as, David Bomberg, Frank Auerbach, and a Henry Moore Sculpture, on the back of a flat bed lorry.\u003cbr\u003eA variety of Classic cars, Mods with their Lambretta’s and Vespa’s\u003cbr\u003eA Fortnum and Masons Lorry.\u003cbr\u003eThe Queen being escorted through admiralty arch in her 1950s Rolls Royce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTodd White, Mayfair, London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Hiles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395858485530,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/2445\/6986\/files\/nelsons_perspective_clikpic.jpg?v=1692879037"},{"product_id":"clapham-junction-2018","title":"Clapham Junction 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePencil on Paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e72cm x 70cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original drawing was commissioned by a group of South Western Train Drivers, with the sole intention of raising funds for Macmillan Cancer support.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Cousin Richard Lee was a train driver for South West Trains and based at Clapham Junction and Sadly died of Cancer last year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis drawing is dedicated to Richard all references are related to his life and the time he spent working there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe nicknames of his friends and colleagues can be found in written in a park near the station.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour different keys used by the train drivers are hidden in the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA reference to Pink Floyds “Animals” album with the flying pig above Battersea Power Station, as this was one of my Cousins favourite albums.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Camel can be found as “Camel” was one of his favourite all time bands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 4 6 8 Motorway, by the Tom Robinson Band, because I remember this being played non-stop at his wedding to Anne in Peckham in the late 1970s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA hidden detail is Richards Daughter Claire, tap dancing on Richards cherished vinyl collection, which she did as a young child ;]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 12-14th December 2018 I held an Exhibition of my original large scaled drawings in the centre of London’s Victoria Train Station. 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