JACOBS ISLAND

Paintings for an exhibition ‘Future City’ held at RIBA, Portland Place during December 1999 and January 2000.

A personal exploration of the ‘lost’ rivers of London which include the Fleet, Tyburn, Wadle, Lea, Bow, Ravensbourne and Waterworks. These lost rivers include those culverted underground such as the Fleet, the traces of which, are signified by street names (Fleet Street). Other London rivers are present in the city but remain hidden, diverted and channelled through some of London’s industrial wastelands below our city streets.

 

The possibilities inherent in the revival of the riverine landscape offers considerable scope for urban regeneration, which will have an effect on public access, recreational use and the wildlife character of the city.