Barry Cawston Art

A picture of Emptiness, Babylon… – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresq...

Reliant Robin in blue – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresque postmode...

A new world of bright lights and dramatic lines… but will the children of the street ever find their place. – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding ...

The ubiquitous American motel, neon lit and rain soaked. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the Americ...

Strips of colour of a multi-storey car park, enhanced by the rain, in Singapore – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortabl...

Sunset over a distressed stairway of former grandeur in Salvador – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past g...

The green baize of an old pool table awaiting a buyer amidst the deep red of a storeroom. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cub...

Streams of light illuminate a dilapidated Cuban car in a dilapidated building in Havana – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba,...

The muted colours of yesteryear on show at an old forecourt in the South of France – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfort...

Colours once bright now muted… their exuberance dimmed but not lost on the streets of Yangon, Burma – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Hav...

Fishermen at dawn on Lake Inle in Burma in total harmony with their surroundings. – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he...

An image to contemplate… a choice of red or blue… a conversation waiting to happen or one long past…. a journey into the light or into incarceration – The Spaces in Between series...

Painted windows in turquoise and yellow. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused with...

The ubiquitous American motel, neon lit and rain soaked. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the Americ...

Dynamic shapes and colours seem almost otherwordly. Yangon, Burma – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures ...

A table awaiting bread to be broken and wine to be drunk… – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories ...

Communal living in Rio de Janeiro – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collect...

Cawston’s work has a very painterly feel in both his use of colour and choice of subject matter. He is particularly influenced by Edward Hopper and found this very Hopperesque scen...

The past reborn in the modern… the Paris Opera House reflected in one of the oldest department stores in the world. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples ...

Day breaks and the morning ritual of making bread begins – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the leng...

Juggernaut on the highway crossing the American West… – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American ...

Modernity and repetition in New York City – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the...

Cawston’s work has a very painterly feel in both his use of colour and choice of subject matter. He is particularly influenced by Edward Hopper and found this very Hopperesque scen...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

About to take flight… an abandoned service station office on a highway in the American West – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-wait...

Strips of colour of a multi-storey car park, enhanced by the rain, in Singapore – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortabl...

A salt quarry and tracks – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American West. “The greatest part of a...

A salt quarry and tracks – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American West. “The greatest part of a...

Modernity and repetition in New York City – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the...

An avenue of ancient oaks… – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost in the detail as if listening to t...

A table awaiting bread to be broken and wine to be drunk… – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories ...

Ferry passenger taking the air in his thermal underwear on the deck of a ferry heading up the Yangste River – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding ...

Roadsweeper on the streets of Yangon – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the length of the Yangtze ri...

An abandoned swimming pool in Havana. Shot on colour negative with a large format camera. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cub...

A waitress in Shanghai – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the length of the Yangtze river from the T...

Grain silos in pastel colours in the South of France. The muted colours are enhanced by a splash of yellow where corn has been spilt on the tarmac. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is no...

After the fish market closed surfaces have been washed in a morning ritual and the floor has taken on the quality of a mirror. – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His...

Sunset lights an advertisement for antiques…. seemingly abandoned on a highway in California – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-wait...

New age design in Charles de Gaulle airport. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused ...

Streams of light illuminate a dilapidated Cuban car in a dilapidated building in Havana – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in I...

Juggernaut on the highway crossing the American West… – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American ...

Destination love in Las Vegas. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American West. “The greatest par...

Tibet is a place of ancient and modern myth. Today’s reality is far from the picture postcard of Lhasa’s monasteries… it is instead a world rapidly being subsumed into modern China....

The washing lines and bright colours of a backstreet in New Delhi – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel...

A giant head with a VR headset installed as a new stage at the Glastonbury Festival. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orde...

Frozen fields illuminated by a surreal winter light… the sun barely visible… the colours cool but invigorating – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. The...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

A celebration of the art of graffiti drawn from various locations around the world… these pieces are part reality and part creation emphasizing the often ephemeral nature of street ...

A celebration of the art of graffiti drawn from various locations around the world… these pieces are part reality and part creation emphasizing the often ephemeral nature of street ...

Grain silos in pastel colours in the South of France. The muted colours are enhanced by a splash of yellow where corn has been spilt on the tarmac. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is no...

The green baize of an old pool table awaiting a buyer amidst the deep red of a storeroom. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in...

The past reborn in the modern… the Paris Opera House reflected in one of the oldest department stores in the world. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples ...

An abandoned swimming pool in Havana. Shot on colour negative with a large format camera. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cub...

Space age stanchion or age old factory… – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Ru...

Along the road to the promised land of California…. an abandoned shack on the dry side of the mountains – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a wo...

Painted windows in turquoise and yellow. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused with...

A coat of soft leather appears to float suspended in an abandoned building in Naples. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

Lantern in the forest. – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost in the detail as if listening to the e...

A strange light embues the scenery as a full solar eclipse approaches over a motel in the American West Eclipse Motel vividly captures a retro American roadside scene, centered arou...