Ruffians Up The Stairs - Works by Wayne Foskett & Keith Ashley - November 2026

Joint Show by Artists Wayne Foskett and Keith Ashley

Wayne has lived and worked in Greenwich since 1990. In this exhibition Wayne explores cyanotypes. About his work: “I find the proximity to the river, its ever changing light conditions, a constant source of inspiration. I generally work with a pinhole camera. I love its serendipitous nature and its ability to capture a Spirit of Place. It can transform the banal into the Poetic.”

"For me, the process of drawing is largely about tenacity. Inspiration comes in a poor second. Confronted with the subject, whether a friend, a life model or a sculpture in the Cast Courts at the V&A, I try to muster my levels of concentration to a point where I'm not distracted by an increasingly noisy mind. I can then start to make a few tentative marks - "Dirtying the paper delicately" as John Ruskin puts it - and hope the Muse catches up, breathless, somewhere down the road.”

Works by Keith Ashley: Unexpected glimpses of gardens inspired these paintings. A rose garden in an alms house on Bankside at night. Seeing a hedge illuminated by camera flashes trained on Kate Moss at a fashion event at Tate Modern. Light on leaves seen through rain on a bus window.

Keith Ashley is a London based artist, he studied at the Norwich School of Art and at Chelsea School of Art. Past exhibitions include: ‘What’s in a Name’, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London – group show; ‘Eve out of Her Ruins’, Book & Kitchen, London – solo show, and The Crow with Hooligan Art Dealer.