Sydney Blues Painting

The writing on the canvas is deliberately hard to read. The text for the painting is my poem 'Unfamiliar'. The poem and painting muses on the mixed feelings I have of going back to my birthplace, Sydney, as it has changed beyond recognition over three decades. The frame is included in the price. A transcript of the writing is below: UNFAMILIAR Spending eight weeks in my homeland after three decades of living abroad, it’s great to connect with my tribe, though my birth town seems like a craved love affair that did not happen. New high rise towers and freeways stud suburban streets, virtual strangers, like an almost lover I’ve forgotten I wanted, not touched, tasted or tested. It brims with delights – a bustling harbour, graceful bridges, wildlife, national parks, shimmering opera house, tree-lined streets - but not for me. My melancholic heart gets lost in the gaps, confused, uninvolved and the bloodclot knot remains undissolved.