VIEW IN MY ROOM
Australia
Painting, Acrylic on Wood
Size: 36 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in
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When I think of skiing in New Zealand, I traverse back to this painting called Circular Drive Mount Dobson. In the artwork a snow sled has made a circular path right outside the front door of this cabin. Circular driveways are usually reserved for grand homes; I think this ski hut is the grandest home of them all. In creating this work, I enjoyed translating the light and shade of circular curves in the snowdrifts surrounding the hut. Notice how the heavy snow on the roof has created a bend in the corrugated iron and how the windswept icicles cling to the edge of the porch. The photo that inspired this artwork was taken by me in 1993, from the highest car park on the South Island. With this dramatic snowdrift as a back drop the ski hut stands on the edge of a basin in splendid solitude. When I finished this project I went searching for the cabin on Google maps. I’m happy to report the ski hut is still standing up against the elements. Mount Dobson ski resort was founded in 1979 by Peter Foote and family. It’s still respected as being a family friendly skiing destination. But time marches on, and since my visit in the 1990s, the cabin is now at the start of the West Valley ski trail. And the circular driveway has been replaced with a triple chair lift at the front of the cottage.
Painting:Acrylic on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:Australia.
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I was born in Papua New Guinea and lived on a remote rubber plantation before moving to Sydney in 1971 at the age of 7. I was finding it hard adjusting to the city and my mother encouraged me to take up oil painting. Having won an art competition when I was 10, the judges recommended that I study at the local TAFE on a Saturday morning. I completed one term but felt out of place with students who were all over 16 years old, so I did not continue. I was also a TV junkie, we had no TV in Papua, and staying at TAFE meant missing out on Hey Hey It’s Saturday. It took me 40 years to rediscover painting. The one constant in my work is to find a new project and during my break from painting I have been a project manager in Information Technology. This kept me in a world with projects, and here too I learnt that even the smallest piece of data contributes its meaning towards each information system. The other constant motivating me in life is to finish a project so I can start a new one. My artworks and book Digital Dreaming all come under my brand names of Soul Assets and RLB-Soulassets.
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