Paintings - Season: Spring

With the arrival of Spring, the outlook is getting sunnier:

This is a park directly opposite St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst. After visiting a sick friend I was struck by the sunny nature of the park and its visitors.

Bondi Beach is famous for its surf and sand. But the happiness of the visiting tourists and beach-goers is hopefully reflected in this cheery view of its nearbye buildings.

Paintings - Season: Autumn

Winter was a pretty gloomy period and this seems to show in the works that I did then:




Platform 21 (2009)

Central Station is such a busy place, packed with people - yet the platform architecture still dominates the scene. The combined platforms plus people give the location an air of vitality (acrylic on canvas, 51 x 40 cm).

Sydney Harbour Bridge (2009)

In Sydney to see the opening of the MCA, and glimpsed the bridge through the sunny haze. It is a great sight to see - but so very hard to capture on canvas (acrylic on canvas, 51 x 40 cm)

Now that Spring is here, the world looks sunny and bright:



Prints

PRINTS

Silk Screen Prints (Serigraphs)





Cafe, Darlinghurst



There is a natural vitality about the inner-city suburbs: Carlton, Collingwood, Newtown and (here) Darlinghurst. We just seem to love a burst of being in a vibrant, busy scene where people meet people.

View to Vinyard, Yarra Valley

Wine is a drink of rich complexity, but it grows in simple surrounds: rows of grapes, rich earthy soil, and the right mix of sunshine and rain. A scene that is so nice to gaze at.





Prints - Newcastle and Sydney

 

Car Yard, Hamilton.

The mean streets of Darlinghurst.

Mosman Bay, Sydney

Drawings from France

DRAWINGS

FROM FRANCE

In Montmartre (2010)

Every visit to Paris takes in the great view from Montmartre. But even more exciting was walking past an apartment house where the great Van Gogh lived. "The Best Artist Who Ever Lived" was standing in this spot, on this footpath. What an amazing feeling!

Two hours drive south of France - and staying in this lovely farmhouse from the 16th Century.





Drawings from Germany

DRAWINGS

FROM GERMANY

Town Gate, Rothenberg (Bavaria) 2010

The most medieval town in Bavaria. Rothenberg takes us back to the 1300s. Amazing that these structures were built before Dante's Divine Comedy was written - the era of Robert the Bruce in Scotland too.

                 




 
Rosenburg (Bavaria)



The small hamlet of Rosenburg. Amazing that a village with so few homes can have such a large church.

Drawings from Perth

DRAWINGS

FROM PERTH

Over the Railway Line (Mayland)

Perth does not have a really great lot of heritage - but, to me, this old bridge over the railway line at Maylands, really stands out. It is built of timber and forms a distinct arch over the railway.

 

 

Church In The Landscape (Wembley)

Churches are built to stand out - that is part of their usual function. And this Church does this in a very dramatic fashion.