A Portrait of a Rickshaw Puller from Kolka

Oil painting, 2026, 150 × 89 cm

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The lady of the Meat Market   Kolkata
Oil on linen canvas   100 x 150 

This lady made a strong impression on me with her simple but beautifully coloured clothes and her small bare-footed figure and gentle face that has been hardened by work, she works in a man’s world, the meat market. In the market animals are slaughtered by night and blood stains are visible by day. Despite the harsh environment that has not changed since this historic market was opened over 100 years ago, I see beauty and emotion through the play of light, colour and shapes. My painting tries to capture this whilst reflecting a timeless moment that is played out every day.

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Siblings Bewildered by the Night Colours of Cairo
Oil on Linen canvas   58 x 68 cm
Street vendors, food sellers and 24 hour shops infuse the night air with geometric shapes of colour that hold the gaze of brother and sister as they look on with wonderhttps://www.railtonjohn.com/shop/p/siblings-bewildered-by-the-night-colours-of-cairo

The Old Fruit Seller of Fez   Morocco
Oil on linen canvas   146 x 97 cm 
Set in the heart of the old Medina, within the labyrinth of  alleyways works the old fruit seller, his beautiful fruit lit by the defused light of the day that struggles to penetrate this deep, hidden corner.  People await his attention, he weighs his fruit with care and others buy. Such fruit sellers and such transactions have taken place throughout history, this painting is a tribute to that.  In the West this moment has become sanitized by the speed, convenience and uniformity of the modern world where the charm and quiet dignity of the old fruit seller is lost  but in Fez and in many parts of the world, it is still very much alive.

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Clara

Oil on canvas

School boy

Oil on canvas

Little Sisters Braving the Night

Original oil painting or a print on canvas.

Street vendors, food sellers and 24 hour shops infuse the night air with geometric shapes of colour that hold the gaze of brother and sister as they look on with wonder

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M o t h e r h o o d

Indian lady, oil sketch 40 × 40 cm

Old Turkish man selecting dinner

A portrait of an Indian gentleman selling fish in Kuwait fish market

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