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2023-2025 Paintings

The Quiet Zone is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

The Art of Bathing is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

The Tree Museum is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

A Bird Flew Over a Broken Land is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

Fractured is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

Breakdown is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

Cactus Flower, an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

Not a Care in the World is an oil painting by British artist John McSweeney

New Concepts is a mixed media work by British artist John McSweeney

2013-2022 Paintings

Four people stand in front of a construction site hoarding covered by a panoramic picture of London

Two teenages play with a football against a wall covered with graffiti

A woman places her hands on a child's head

A multi-panelled painting containing figurative and abstract elements

A painting of an English oak tree

Portrait of a woman in sunglasses and a headscarf, against a backdrop of rising sea

Portrait of a woman wearing a headscrf and sunglasses, against a backdrop of wreckage of Brighton Palace Pier.

Four painted panels, either with a part of Piccadilly Circus lights or reflections on wet pavements.

Four painted panels, each containing figures seen in London during the pandemic.

Four painted panels, either with a part of Piccadilly Circus lights or reflections on wet pavements.

Several painted panels, forming a diamond-shaped support, containing elements of Piccadilly Circus lights or reflections on wet pavements.

An abstracted portrait of a social media influencer

Painted forms taken from LED displays and web-based advertising

A diamond-shaped painting containing images from contemporary culture

A painted representation of female beauty imagined as a social media influencer

A painted construction containing images of a Spanish food shop in Portobello RoadLondon

A painted construction containing images and shop signs observed on Oxford Street in London

A painted construction containing images and shop signs observed on Harlesden High Street in London

A painted construction containing abstracted forms representing obsrvations made on Midhurst Common, Sussex

A painted construction containing abstracted forms representing a blasted oak tree in Midhurst, Sussex

A diptych of two boys seen on a street at the time of the Grenfell Tower Fire

A painting of two men outside a cafe in the City of London

A painting of journalists interviewing a young woman at the time of the Grenfell Fire

A painting on two schoolboys crouched in front of display screen

A painting of journalists interviewing a woman at the time of the Grenfell Fire

A painted diptych depicting people at an art exhibition

A painting of people seated outside a cafe

A painting of a woman, draped in the American flag, looking at representations of the JFK assassination.

A painting of a group of students seated on a beach.

A painting of a young girl on a merry-go-round

A painting of thwo woman draped in English flags against a backdrop of rightwing propaganda

A painting combining a beach scene with rightwing propaganda

A painting of three young woman on a bench against a backdrop of a large digital screen displaying images of the 9/11 attack in New York

A painting of a man using his phone to photograph a young woman on a beach

A painting of a young woman studying The Barnack Burial at the British Museum

A aa young girl in a consumerist environment dominated by sexually charged advertisingpainting of

A painting of people and removal vans

A painted portrait of a woman stood against a backdrop of October Glory in Kew Gardens

A painting of two woman playing Scrabble against a tropical background

A painting of a man and a dog on a stand-up paddle board

A painting of a man using a selfie stick and smartphone to photograph a woman reclining on a beach

A painting of a young man and woman using their camera phones

A painting of people seated outside a bar while using their phones

A painting of an art historian on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence

A painting of a man and a woman viewing an art exhibition

A painting of a man seated on a beach alongside an armed police officer

A painting of three woman of various ages

A painting of a fire jugglers against a backdrop of photographers and modern architecture

A group of young people prelax in a London park against a backdrop of tower blocks.

A man and a woman view an image of Etna on a digital screen. Elsewhere there are other painted images of Etna and Taormina

A painting of a fire juggler performing in front of passersby

A woman sits having breakfast in Marrakech

A painting of a man smoking a cigar in a Moroccan garden

A painting of a man in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco

2017-2024 Prints

The Tree Museum is a digital print by British artist John McSweeney

All That We Strive For is a digital print by British artist John McSweeney

No Sense of Pain. No Room For Heartache is a digital print by British artist John McSweeney

The Fruits of Our Labour is a digital print by British artist John McSweeney

Thirst Knows No Reason is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

The Kool-Aid King is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

For People on the Go is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

Everything Must Go is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

A Unique Perspective is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

A Matter of Proportions is a digital print made by British artist John McSweeney

An imaginary pas-de-deux based on the ballet Don Quixote

an imaginary scene from a production of the ballet Don Quixote depicting a pas de deux

A C-Type print depicting an imaginary mind machine

A Giclée print combining an image of an oak tree one blasted by lightning with abstracted forms based on the leaves of an oak.

A Giclée print combining photography with painterly mark-making. It includes a shop window in London's West End together with a Roman floral motif that can be found in the British Museum.

A Giclée prints depicting elements, both floral and architectural, taken from London parks and gardens

A Giclée print combining a tree from an English garden and a pine panel from a kitchen table. The backdrop is an invention containing engineered forms.

A Giclée print combining architectural forms and plants from a Moroccan garden

Three young woman relax on a bench. In the mid distance, there is a large digital screen depicting images of the ruins in New York following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A Giclée print depicting two woman playing Scrabble against a jungle backdrop

An outdoor cinema in the Maldive Islands where film of a tsunami is playing

A Giclée print depicting a sleeping dog and elements, both natural and architectural, taken from a Moroccan garden.

A Giclée print depicting elements, both natural and architectural, taken from a souk and a hotel garden in Marrakech, Morocco

A Giclée print depicting elements, both natural and architectural, taken from a souk and a hotel garden in Marrakech, Morocco

Fragments of architecture, light, and shadow observed in Marrakech Morocco

Fragments of architecture, light, and shadow observed in Marrakech Morocco

A digital print depicting a woman having breakfast in a hotel in Marrakech

A Giclée print combing a collection of shoes designed by Christian Laboutin, a young fashionably dressed woman, and an advert for Diet Coke

A digital print depicting a man walking up steps at night where a digital display shows a astronaut's footprint on the moon

A headstone from an English churchyard is inscribed with Here Lies England. Behind it are collaged images of people relaxing in front of a screen displaying Nazi propaganda

A man and his daughter march with Union flags on a field in England

A woman in a headscarf and her daughter are seated in front of a backdrop of £ signs and union flags

A collaged image of a traffic jam on the approach to the Euston underpass in London. with poppies, and a digital screen display Nazi propaganda

2007-2008 Paintings

1988-1994 Paintings and Constructions

An oil painting predominantly blue with hints of pink inscribed with line drawings of falling leaves, a curtain, and hatsshapes

An oil painting predominantly blue , yellow and green with hints of pink inscribed with line drawings of falling leaves, and also containing organic shapes

An oil painting containing abstract forms based upon stairs, a coatstand, and signage

oil painting containing abstract forms based upon stairs, a coatstand, a barred window,and signage

An oil painting containing abstract forms, and inscribed with linear drawing

An oil painting containing abstract forms, evoking figures in a landscape

An oil painting containing abstract forms, evoking figures in a landscape

An oil painting containing abstract forms, evoking figures in a landscape

An oil painting containing abstract forms, and inscribed with linear drawing

A rectangular painted construction evoking 19th Century ironwork held in place by rivets, whole in the centre a square painting contains a ochre ring

A detail view of a painted construction evoking 19th Century ironwork held in place by rivets

An irregular painted construction comprised of abstract shapes evoking a figure, signage, and organic forms

An irregular painted construction comprised of abstract shapes evoking a figure, signage, and organic forms

An irregular painted construction comprised of abstract shapes evoking a figure, a staircase, signage, and organic forms

Two irregular painted constructions in a studio

An irregular painted construction made in two pieces evoking sections of an old iron ship covered with black oil

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged in an oil slick contrasting with an organic form suggesting a human figure

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged in an oil slick on a beach. The surface also contains a drawing of hand prints and a chain

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of a rusted iron form partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach

A painting of rusted iron forms and organic shapes

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged on a sandy beach contrasting with an organic form suggesting a flower

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged in an oil slick contrasting with an organic form suggesting a flower

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged in an oil slick contrasting with an organic form suggesting a flower

A painting of rusted iron forms partially submerged in an oil slick contrasting with an organic form suggesting a flower

1985-2020 Works on Paper

A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A black and white monotype composed of abstracted forms

A black and white monotype composed of abstracted forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small watercolour composed of abstract forms

A charcoal drawing of a spiral staircase

A small painting of forms abstracted from plants, a bridge, and a coat and hat hanging from a peg

g of forms abstracted from plants, a bridge, hats, and leaves

g of forms abstracted from a curtain, a spiral staircase, a jacket, and a chair

A diptych composed of forms abstracted from curtains, a spiral staircase, and plants and a chair

A small painting of forms abstracted from two heads, a curtain, a bridge, coats

A large collage of painted papers composed from aabstracted forms based on street signage

A large paper collage of abstract shapes, based on a saxaphone and plants, on a painted field resembling water

Five charcoal studies of a sheep's skull

A black and white monotype composed of a sheep's skull and a manhole cover

A black and white monotype composed of a sheep's skull and a manhole cover

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of a bridge and an oak leaf

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of a chain and four four human hand prints

A black and white monotype composed from a drawing of a bridge

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of part of a human verterbrae

A black and white mono-type depicting part of a human spine

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of ring of rope and a wave of water

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of ring of rope and a wave of water

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of four fish and a loaf of bread

A small painting of forms abstracted from a ship's stern and plants

A small collage composed of abstracted forms based upon a human skeleton and three leaves

A paper collage composed from a drawing of a ship's stern, an anchor chain, and waves

A paper collage composed of abstract shapes and a drawing of an octopus

A collage consisting of forms cut into paper of a plane tree leaf and a piece of twisted vine

A collage featuring abstracted forms based on blood cells, a ship's stern, an anchor chain and waves

A collage featuring abstracted forms based on a metal grille, and a leaf from a horse chestnut tree

A collage of forms based upon a serpent and waves

A collage of forms based upon a serpent and waves

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A charcoal drawing of an iron bridge and oak leaves

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing with acrylic paint, abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A small painting on paper of an oak sapling on a field of engineered forms

A small painting of an oak leaf set against a trellis

A small painting of clematis set against a background of an iron bridge

A small painting of clematis set against a background of an iron bridge

A charcoal drawing of three links of an anchor chain and a totemic figure comprising pieces of rivetted iron

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, an iron bridge, and anchor chains

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, an iron bridge, and anchor chains

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, blood cells, and a piece of human vertabrae

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the engineered forms of a ship

A charcoal drawing abstracted from a piece of human vertabrae and iron forms

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the propellor and anchor chain of a ship

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the propellor and anchor chain of a ship

A charcoal drawing of a WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A charcoal drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A charcoal drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A charcoal and acrylic drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A black and white painting containing a partial portrait of a girl, a piano, a book, CCTV and a partly obscured Coca Cola sign

A black and white painting containing a partial portrait of a girl, a piano, a book, CCTV, surrounded by a a honeycomb pattern

A black and white painting containing two partial portraits of a boy and a girl. In the foreground there is a child's hand holding a stone painted with a sailing ship

A partial portrait of a girl set among patterned forms including a helix motif

A portrait of a teenage boy including abstracted forms based upon blood cells,leaves, and railings

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of knives, seagulls and rose plants

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of knives, seagulls and rose plants

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of seagulls, blood cells and engineered forms

A musician on a rooftop garden at night observes three tower blocks illuminated with images of Nazi propaganda

A man stands on the roof of a building staring at tower block displaying images taken from a Nazi propaganda film

1980-1984 Student Work

A painting of a young woman seated on a chair

A painting of a naked woman seated on a bed surrounded by drapes

An oil painting of a naked woman seated on an armchair in a life class studio

An oil painting of the inerior of a house featuring a staircase and a window

A charcoal drawing of a naked young man posing for a life drawing class

A drawing of a naked woman seated on an armchair in a life class studio

An oil painting of The Rookery in Streatham featuring a large house, trees and a lawn

An oil painting of a naked man standing with arms crossed in a life class studio

A pencil drawing of The Card Players by Cezanne

A lithograph of the London Zoo aquarium

A charcoal drawing of a naked man seated in a life class studio

A painting of a naked man lying on a the floor with a screen directly behind him

A screenprint featruing two abstact forms on opposite sides of a field of color

A screenprint featruing two abstact forms on opposite sides of a field of color

A large acrylic painting containing abstract forms, predominantly blue in colour

A large acrylic painting containing two red abstract forms set against a field of green

A screenprint composed of abstract forms mostly ochre, purple and orange

A screenprint composed of abstract forms mostly ochre, reds and blue

A large oil painting dark abstract forms and a partial self portrait of John McSweeney

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