SIGNED ORIGINALPAINTING - Ink & Watercolour – “The lunch catch up” – Steve Bonds – A3

An original signed contemporary ink and watercolour painting by, painted on off-white recycled A3 paper (approx. 12 x 16 inches).

Titled The lunch catch up, this expressive pub scene captures atmosphere and character with loose, confident brushwork and rich ink detail. Influenced by contemporary British urban art, the painting blends impressionistic and mid-century styling to create a striking and unique piece.

• Original artwork – NOT a print
• Hand painted and signed by the artist
• Ink & watercolour on recycled paper
• A3 size – easy and inexpensive to frame
• Unframed 
• One-off original piece

Perfect for collectors of contemporary British art, urban scenes, industrial landscapes, or anyone looking for an eye-catching statement piece with authentic character.

This is a genuine original painting — once sold, it’s gone for good.

"The British pub has always been more than somewhere to have a pint. It's a stage, a refuge, a debating chamber and, occasionally, a battlefield.

These loose ink and watercolour sketches capture fleeting moments of conversation, disagreement, laughter and quiet reflection between ordinary people. I'm less interested in producing perfect likenesses than in recording the energy between people—the raised eyebrow, the animated gesture, the awkward silence after an argument, or the familiar comfort of old friends putting the world to rights.

Working quickly with ink and watercolour allows the paintings to remain spontaneous and honest. The unpredictable nature of the medium mirrors the conversations themselves: lively, imperfect and constantly shifting. Marks are left visible, washes run where they choose, and details emerge rather than being overworked.

Most of the figures are anonymous (although some are quite clearly very real!) because they could belong to almost any British pub. They are inspired by fragments of overheard conversations, memories, observations and the rich social theatre found in these increasingly rare communal spaces.

At a time when many traditional pubs are disappearing, these paintings celebrate them as places where stories are shared, friendships are forged, disagreements are settled—or sometimes started—and everyday life quietly unfolds.

Rather than documenting a specific place or person, these works aim to capture something more familiar: the humour, warmth, tension and humanity that exist wherever people gather over a pint and conversation.

Will be carefully packaged in a postage tube for safe, tracked 48 (UK) delivery.

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Industrial landscapes rendered as memory, not record — the labor and the release, painted in feeling rather than fact.