Polter Emerson Mayes Here the Costermonger’s family are

Here the Costermonger’s family are long gone

where Peter now lives and works

They fulfilled their original purpose for the next 349 years and were the oldest residential buildings in continuous occupation in Hackney

The original work is a large scale oil painting inspired by a young girl Johanna worked with a long time ago in South India

The red telephone box

Polter Emerson Mayes Here the Costermonger’s family areOriginal watercolour and bodycolour (gouache) and chalk on paper, framed floated and raised in on a soft white mount, in a white wood grain box frame. The artwork is behind low reflect 70% UV filter glass and measures 80 x 60 cm. The name for this painting comes from the Shetland Norn word for a strong tide or commotion in the sea. Peters regular walks around the coastline take in many headlands and inlets of the sea, known locally as geos equivalent