Capturing the Ever Changing High Street

 
Artist Michelle Heron is a raising star in the art world, selected as one of the must see artists at The Other Art Fair London 2017. In particular her shop front paintings are what I love. The British high street is changing all the time, and shops I would probably walk by and think were tatty or an eye sore, Michelle gives new life. She captures these fading memories and gives them new purpose and a new audience, a way to live on.

Her use of colour, and in particular, light is what I think brings these faded fronts alive. Michelle reveals the beauty in the every day. In zoning in on one shop at a time she makes what can often be an overwhelming urban landscape into something to be considered and admired, rather than over looked.