'Mugger's Bridge', 2020

'Mugger's Bridge' was named by one of my followers on social media (and Cupola Contemporary Art Gallery personage - "Hi Graham" ). Sat on Cross Turner Street, behind Sheffield Station, this is one of those Sheffield spaces that's incredibly easy to miss/ ignore, yet if you are able to explore, it's presence is impactful and long lasting. This is one of those "don't cross the bridge at night" spaces that would probably appear in a horror novel or two. The wrought iron bridge itself appears to be late Victorian/ early 20th century, while the skeletal like steps leading up to it have a very mid 20th century modern feel. Unfortunately, people can no longer go up to the bridge as it's now barred to public access.

The painting has been in these shows :

• 2024. ‘A Time Of Stasis’ at Gallery 24, Sheffield

• 2022, 'Think Of Me With Kindness' at Gage Gallery Sheffield.

• 2021, The Sculpture Lounge's 'Summer Show', a group show at the Sculpture Lounge in Holmbridge Mill, Holmbridge.

• 2020, 'Uncertain Spaces: Spirits of Place and Foreshadowing', solo show at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, North Lincolnshire.