Analysing the urban landscape from multiple points of view, David Hepher's mode of inquiry incurs moments of method acting, where he adopts the visual language of the locality. A piece of red graffiti holds centre stage, acting as interlocutor between the representational (the figurative sketches), the literal (the texture, like a swatch of the tower's walls) and the abstract (the hard edges of the left tower block sketch dwindle into the Mondrian-esque). In an arch-Modern way, it insists on the flatness of the picture plane; it relates the artist's canvas to the council estate walls, both as spaces for expression. The graffiti, of a two-up two-down house, with a chimney and garden path, is a classic child's picture of a family house. For a full painting description on the British Council’s website please click on the link below under ‘More on this painting’