[From the Community Collection, a public trust in Agincourt, Iowa]
BROOK, Stephen (contemporary British)
“Shaftsbury Avenue”
2022
acrylic on canvas / 12 inches by 12 inches
In the midst of this pandemic, with travel severely restricted, if not impossible, views of familiar places take on special meaning. This striking image of busy Shaftsbury Avenue in central London reminds us of a pleasant yet exhausting afternoon visiting its string of new and used bookstores. London artist Stephen Brook renders the subtle color differences of late afternoons in vignettes like this.
This was a gift to the Collection in memory of Agincourt’s dealer in out-of-print books, Hamish Brooks — no relation to the artist.