Brixton artist and designer Henry O’Boyle has recently completed a collection of illustrations of the iconic buildings surrounding the area.
Henry moved to Brixton last summer when he started work as a designer for local bespoke kitchen company West & Reid.
“I renewed my love for drawing and illustration when I had the idea to draw the local architecture and to sell locally as well,” he says.
“I have found that a lot people buy these prints for sentimental reasons. My last three sales of the town hall print (see below) were to people getting married there.
![Brixton house](https://brixtonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/O-Boyle-Brx-house-commission_IMG_1551_750px-357x500.jpg)
“One said she was gifting it to her fiancee because they were due to get married in July and they registered their marriage at the town hall, so it was a particularly important building for them.
“I love to hear the story behind the purchase of my work.”
Henry also does commissions, most of them of people’s homes “as a gift to husbands, wives, or maybe friends who are moving away”.
Henry’s prints are on sale and you can also watch Henry at work …
Why no picture of St Matthew’s Church? Brixton’s first public building standing at the heart of Brixton and home to a black majority Anglican congregation since the 1960’s.
Henry has also put up a nice “Learn” section on his website
https://henryoboyleillustrations.squarespace.com/learn