Wednesday, 2 May 2012

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.





Tuesday, 1 May 2012

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: