Very well painted and striking original oil, by the listed artist Nick Hedderly, painted in 2003.

Titled "St. Paul's - Millennium Bridge II" depicting the view from the South Bank, across the eponymous bridge looking north across the river Thames to St. Paul's Cathedral. An evening scene, with figures silhouetted against the lights of the city. A fine example of the artist's work.

Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist verso on his labels.

Oils on canvas, stretched over board; in the original black and gold painted wood frame.

Painting in excellent original condition (see photos), frame in good clean condition (see photos).

Image 78cm x 83cm, frame 83cm x 88cm.

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Nick Hedderley

British landscape and cityscape painter in oils.

Nick Hedderly is a painter based in Nottingham. He studied at West Notts College in Mansfield in 1980 before graduating from Birmingham School of Art in 1984.

His early abstract work was based on the romantic ‘sublime’ landscape, and on images of flowers at night. From the late 1990’s his work was inspired primarily by the urban environments of Nottingham and London – often at night or in the early evening. More recent work has included other urban locations such as Derby and Dublin and also subject matter seen at different times of the day.

He has work in private collections in America, China, and the UK.

Galleries Magazine, October 2012:

“Over the last decade or so Nick Hedderly has become one of the most successful artists working in the East Midlands, winning open art exhibitions in Nottingham and Derby with his atmospherically charged and intensely painterly cityscapes and his solo show at the enterprising Tarpey Gallery in nearby Castle Donington makes it very clear is in no way undeserved. For these are quiet, thoughtful works, full of an understanding of the way buildings and cityscapes become, as he himself puts it, “a repository of so many of our feelings and memories.”

Awards/Collections:

1984 First Prize from the Holbrook Trust, Nottingham Castle Museum.

2002 Awarded one man show at the Nottingham Castle Museum.

2002 First Prize in the Derby Open Competition.

2006 Represented in the permanent collection at Nottingham Castle.

2008 Painting acquired by Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

2008 Painting presented to Ningbo Museum, China on behalf of Nottinghamshire Museums and Galleries.

2007 John E Wright Award at the Derby Open

2011 Tarpey Gallery Award at the Nottingham Open 

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London. Its dedication in honour of Paul the Apostle dates back to the original cathedral church on this site, founded in AD 604. The high-domed present structure, which was completed in 1710, is a Grade I listed building that was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. The cathedral's reconstruction was part of a major rebuilding programme initiated in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. 

The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000. 

Londoners nicknamed it the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying motion on its opening day. The bridge was closed later that day and, after two days of limited access, it was closed again for almost two years so that modifications and repairs could be made to keep the bridge stable and stop the swaying motion. It reopened in February 2002, after real-life safety tests were conducted by 700 staff from engineering consultancy Arup. 

The bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Its southern end is near the Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery, and Tate Modern, while its northern end is next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge's alignment is such that a clear view (i.e. a "terminating vista") of St Paul's south façade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports.