'Last Orders, Tottenham'
2022, acrylic on wood panel, 31 x 21.5cm.
‘Last Orders’ is from a series of paintings exploring independent businesses and issues of urban decay, gentrification and the disappearing British high street. This small pub is located in Tottenham, North London close to Tottenham Hotspur football ground, where football supporters frequently go to celebrate or commiserate their team. The area is undergoing huge changes due to the newly built football stadium and gentrification of the area. This pub is one that has so far survived the demolition of generations of family owned small businesses. As development continues all around, this is a pub that seems (superficially at least) unchanged by the pervading narrative.