North Street, Goole, UK

This 11x14 oil painting captures a reflective, personal moment from my hometown of Goole, located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. I painted North Street, Goole, UK in November 2022 after a visit back home while grieving the loss of my mum. As with many of my travel-inspired works, this piece began as a field sketch I made while walking around the town—something I’ve always found therapeutic.

The scene shows North Street looking down toward Goole’s clocktower, a familiar sight to anyone from the area. The buildings are quietly historic, the street is unassuming, and the overall mood is grounded in that soft, grey Yorkshire light. The atmosphere is introspective—nostalgic but not sentimental. As always, my brushwork leans toward the post-impressionist: expressive but composed, with a color palette pulled from the bricks, fog, and pavement of a late autumn day.

This is a painting about home—not the romanticized version, but the real one. It’s about walking through streets you’ve known since childhood and seeing them with the eyes of someone older, someone who’s been through loss, who now sees memory everywhere. It’s for those who know the quiet beauty of English market towns, who feel something in the damp air, the crooked chimneys, and the subtle change in light between morning and evening.