the artist - josé moura

Brazilian-born artist José Moura has lived and worked in London for over a decade, drawing inspiration from the city’s cultural and natural intersections. Currently pursuing an MA in Fine Art at City & Guilds, he explores human connection and our relationship with the environment through colour, light, and shadow. Living in Walthamstow has deepened his engagement with the balance between nature and urban life. His paintings radiate warmth and introspection, reflecting a dialogue between movement, memory, and the emotional resonance of place.

the story

For José, light is life itself. Growing up in Brazil, the sun has always been part of his rhythm – a source of warmth, energy, and joy. In ‘Vida’, painted in Lloyd Park, Walthamstow, he captures that vitality through bold strokes of gold, orange, and blue, where sunlight moves across trees and path. The painting celebrates the brilliance of summer days – an expression of how light shapes space, and how place, in turn, shapes the spirit.

the artist - sarah barrett

Sarah is a Hackney based artist inspired by her walks around the Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes. Her paintings document paths taken and colours emerging over the changing seasons. Balancing fine painterly detail with loose gestural mark-making, Sarah enjoys exaggerating her colour palette and infusing her source images with vibrancy and energy - bringing a fresh approach to contemporary landscape painting.

the story

This painting explores the subtle drama of Coppermill Lane as summer turns to autumn. Sarah was drawn to the deliberate planting of trees that create an alternating pattern of colour – purple, green, purple, green – forming a natural rhythm along the street. The effect is most vivid where deep purple leaves contrast sharply with fresh green. Starting with a bold blue underpainting, she aimed to recreate that visual cadence. This ordinary street reveals its design when looked at closely, showing how nature and planning combine to create quiet beauty in Walthamstow’s everyday landscape.

This is an original oil painting on linen canvas, framed in a solid pine tray frame measuring 33 x 33 cm.