Barry Cawston Art

Emerging from dereliction… new buildings arise in the shadow of Battersea Park Power Station. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers ...

Strips of colour of a multi-storey car park, enhanced by the rain, in Singapore – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortabl...

Frozen fields illuminated by a surreal winter light… the sun barely visible… the colours cool but invigorating – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. The...

An image to contemplate… a choice of red or blue… a conversation waiting to happen or one long past…. a journey into the light or into incarceration – The Spaces in Between series...

Light streams through a window illuminating an alcove in Hadrian’s Palace in Rome. A place to meditate over a book perhaps or record one’s thoughts in a journal – The Spaces in Bet...

An abandoned swimming pool in Havana. Shot on colour negative with a large format camera. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cub...

About to take flight… an abandoned service station office on a highway in the American West – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-wait...

Glastonbury Tor rises from the mists in this mythical vision of the Somerset levels – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave...

An abandoned swimming pool in Havana. Shot on colour negative with a large format camera. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cub...

Ferry passenger taking the air in his thermal underwear on the deck of a ferry heading up the Yangste River – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding ...

Roadsweeper on the streets of Yangon – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the length of the Yangtze ri...

Sunset lights an advertisement for antiques…. seemingly abandoned on a highway in California – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-wait...

Grain silos in pastel colours in the South of France. The muted colours are enhanced by a splash of yellow where corn has been spilt on the tarmac. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is no...

Modernity and repetition in New York City – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the...

A giant head with a VR headset installed as a new stage at the Glastonbury Festival. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orde...

The abstraction of modern living in 65 flats in Rio de Janeiro – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the ...

Structure and abstraction – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By...

High rise in Singapore – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By fo...

New age design in Charles de Gaulle airport. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused ...

Juggernaut on the highway crossing the American West… – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American ...

Tibet is a place of ancient and modern myth. Today’s reality is far from the picture postcard of Lhasa’s monasteries… it is instead a world rapidly being subsumed into modern China....

High-rise in Rio de Janeiro each complete with the ubiquitous air conditioning units. 195 windows on Rio life. – High-rise communal living was once se...

Destination love in Las Vegas. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American West. “The greatest par...

Along the road to the promised land of California…. an abandoned shack on the dry side of the mountains – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a wo...

Tibet is a place of ancient and modern myth. Today’s reality is far from the picture postcard of Lhasa’s monasteries… it is instead a world rapidly being subsumed into modern China....

A waitress in Shanghai – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the length of the Yangtze river from the T...

Reliant Robin in blue – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresque postmode...

Autumn colours as silver birch prepare to shed their leaves – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost i...

The washing lines and bright colours of a backstreet in New Delhi – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel...

After the fish market closed surfaces have been washed in a morning ritual and the floor has taken on the quality of a mirror. – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His...

Sunset lights an advertisement for antiques…. seemingly abandoned on a highway in California – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-wait...

Frozen fields illuminated by a surreal winter light… the sun barely visible… the colours cool but invigorating – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. The...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

Cawston’s work has a very painterly feel in both his use of colour and choice of subject matter. He is particularly influenced by Edward Hopper and found this very Hopperesque scen...

Grain silos in pastel colours in the South of France. The muted colours are enhanced by a splash of yellow where corn has been spilt on the tarmac. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is no...

New age design in Charles de Gaulle airport. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused ...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

A celebration of the art of graffiti drawn from various locations around the world… these pieces are part reality and part creation emphasizing the often ephemeral nature of street ...

A celebration of the art of graffiti drawn from various locations around the world… these pieces are part reality and part creation emphasizing the often ephemeral nature of street ...

A celebration of the art of graffiti drawn from various locations around the world… these pieces are part reality and part creation emphasizing the often ephemeral nature of street ...

Cawston’s work has a very painterly feel in both his use of colour and choice of subject matter. He is particularly influenced by Edward Hopper and found this very Hopperesque scen...

The past reborn in the modern… the Paris Opera House reflected in one of the oldest department stores in the world. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples ...

The green baize of an old pool table awaiting a buyer amidst the deep red of a storeroom. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in...

A Soviet-era fridge and an American Singer sewing machine as found in Jorge’s kitchen. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

A factory in Avonmouth. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresque postmo...

Juggernaut on the highway crossing the American West… – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American ...

Painted windows in turquoise and yellow. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused with...

Strips of colour of a multi-storey car park, enhanced by the rain, in Singapore – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortabl...

Space age stanchion or age old factory… – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Ru...

A coat of soft leather appears to float suspended in an abandoned building in Naples. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

A strange light embues the scenery as a full solar eclipse approaches over a motel in the American West – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a wo...

Lantern in the forest. – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost in the detail as if listening to the e...

A coat of soft leather appears to float suspended in an abandoned building in Naples. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, t...

The American Dream abandoned in surburbia perhaps…. on the outskirts of its cities the reality of life can be both beautiful and harsh. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the...

Streams of light illuminate a dilapidated Cuban car in an old building in central Havana. This captivating photograph depicts an atmospheric scene of an aged garage, imbued with nost...

Strips of colour from a rusting building in the Hudson Valley, New York. – Cawston’s search for these lost spaces of distressed beauty have taken him from Bristol to Burma, Mexico to...

Strips of colour from a rusting building in the Hudson Valley, New York. – Cawston’s search for these lost spaces of distressed beauty have taken him from Bristol to Burma, Mexico to...

Strips of colour from a rusting building in the Hudson Valley, New York. – Cawston’s search for these lost spaces of distressed beauty have taken him from Bristol to Burma, Mexico to...

A giant head with a VR headset installed as a new stage at the Glastonbury Festival. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orde...

A sand storm blows across a gravel pit in South Africa. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comforta...