STRUCTURES & PROFILES
(BYRE'S ROAD)
1992 (21" x32")
WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER
Private Collection

From a cafe window looking across the main shopping thoroughfare in Glasgow's West End. A very different population from Glasgow's East End as portrayed in works such as 'We're Still Here' and 'The Barras'. West End inhabitants are a very broad mix of social class, race and status.

Celebrity spotting is a popular diversion as it is here that local and internationally famous faces can be encountered as they shop or dine in the area. The atmosphere is predominantly youthful as Glasgow University students and others reside here in great numbers. The 'Boyd Orr' building on the university campus can be seen in the centre of the painting.

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