Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season VI
The Baths, Before Swimming Season V
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season IV
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season III
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season II
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
This Side Of The Grave (Gothic View)
‘This Side Of The Grave (Gothic View)’
This Side Of The Grave
‘This Side Of The Grave’
Symbols Of The South Pacific
‘Symbols Of The South Pacific’
A Fijian masi (or tapa) cloth detail.
Mesmerising geometric symbols, telling tales from islands in the Pacific.
Repetition of pattern and bold signifiers, in traditional form, but somehow modernist.
Art that, in the way of all good art, is redolent of its origins but transcends place and time.
Old Iron Fleur-de-Lys
‘Old Iron Fleur-de-Lys’
…found in a graveyard, a rusted and unyielding flower…
Sky Gallery
‘Sky Gallery’
…you may frame it, you just can’t hang it…
Orange On Green
‘Orange On Green’
Freedom, Communism, A Mannequin
‘Freedom, Communism, A Mannequin’
A surreal scene during Catalan protests in Barcelona in October last year.
A mannequin is unmoved as a fashion store window is daubed with a red hammer and sickle and a yellow freedom protest ribbon. Leafy trees and the sky are reflected in the window, giving a sense of calm in the general unrest.
Reflecting Pool Reflects Rain
‘Reflecting Pool Reflects Rain’
The last in a mini-series of four photographs of Auckland’s Savage Memorial, taken hastily as the rain came down this week .
The memorial honours Michael Joseph Savage, first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, and is one of my favourite local places to visit (even when it is sodding down!)
Memorial Gardens
‘Memorial Gardens’
Flowers At The Memorial
‘Flowers At The Memorial’
Savage Memorial In August Rain
Savage Memorial, Auckland NZ, August 2020
Degradation
‘Degradation’
A degraded view:
The steps have rusted out.
The concrete is broken.
Leaves are scattered on the ground.
A branch of a tree has fallen into the river.
It’s all falling apart, folks!
And it is kinda beautiful….
I Just Want To Vent
‘I Just Want To Vent’
Venting : for when you are more closed than open.
House Of Cats
‘House Of Cats’
One from the travel archives to brighten the day of feline lovers, or art lovers for that matter.
This shot was taken in Barcelona late last year. I was taken by the varied cat images and soft colour geometric highlights on the wall of a central city building.
Not until sometime later did I notice the curling shape at top left of the image.
The tail of a mystery black cat perhaps?
ebb then flood 