Painting
Wednesday 20th July 2022
Took delivery of our family portrait this evening.
London July 2022
John's Pictures

11:08:17
Met Christian for a coffee and a quick stroll to the heath and back in the morning. It was looking rather parched after the heatwave.

17:31:37
Back to the heath once again in the evening.

17:32:55
Brought along some Gevrey Chambertin, now the peak of the heatwave was over it seemed appropriate once again.

17:36:11
The view from where I was sitting.

17:36:21
Zoomed in on St Paul's and the Shard.

18:41:07
Some runner running up and down Parliament Hill - rather them than me.

18:41:33

19:09:37

20:33:47
Back at home, Erika proudly displaying her series of maths challenge certificate - one each from the past three years.

20:34:08

21:06:58
The newly delivering painting, on the mantelpiece, and for comparison I brought out the weird portrait my friends had commissioned for my 40th birthday.

23:11:12
Here's the finished family portrait. I'm happy with how I turned out. I'm not sure Jeremy quite perfectly captured Erika's face, but I love the composition and the setting.