Decided "off the back" to trek to Sydney for an adventure. Booked a room at a lodge in Kirribilli,at this safe address you are not likely to meet riff raff on the stairs. Night 1, went out to dinner with my 2 kids, Damian and Naima and Damian's partner Jill, the massage therapist. Dam has a new shiney,black BMW. We dined at Safi's Lebanese cuisine in North Sydey and caught up with family stuff, it was so nice, I miss them, but their lives are filled as is mine so these events are great. Next day, set off to NSW Gallery to view Pre Raphelite Drawings, Japanese theatre panels, photographs and watercolour paintings of Bento Dance and eroticism, a jazz music/painting modernistic artist called David Aspendil, and new floor exhibit devoted to modernism and Post Modernism. what a buzz, all the uni work I,ve chosen this year is documented here in a grand scale. So enjoyed my time at all exhibits-culminated everything I've researched. Gave Margaret Olley a few respected moments of my time viewing 6 of her works. She did have a talent for blending colour in her still lifes. Next stop, parker's Fine Art ,no parking due to Market day at the Rocks so stole 10 minute park from vendors' parking to purchase"Colombe" paper, black pastel paper and non toxic fixative. Will definitely be back, maybe tomorrow. Went down to Kirribilli shops to get lunch, buy a shirt to wear and spectcles' case with peacock feathers. Then down to harbousid with my camera for some great afternoon shots of shadows and western light on the water. Found the Ensemble theatre, great shot, and a pink Vespa backdropped by an avenue of overhanging peppermint gums in the late afternoon sunlight. Found a hangman's noose hanging from a fig tree, a couple of dated punts and some terrific edificed skyline shots. Feet and body weary and sore I headed home to photograph Glenferrie Loge where I'm staying. Seriously, how do I pick these places, check out the statue in the front of the building ! How bizarre, a Scottish name with an RedIndian carrying a moose.
What's on the agenda for tomorrow....
Just realised I posted that Jazz painter artist David Aspden's name incorrectly,so sorry
ReplyDeleteThat photo with the noose is just too creepy...
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you need a bed on the North Shore anytime Cath. We have a spare room with it's own bathroom and we are 5-7 minutes walk (depending on how fast you walk! It takes me 12 with a 4 yr old on his balance bike and the pram loaded) from the station.