Fixations 3

So here we are again. Fixated. This time in Adelaide and quite some time ago. What is it I’m seeing?

Colour plays a part here. The palette of this little scene reminds me, somewhat cringingly and somewhat fondly of a check shirt I wore in the nineties - blue, beige and brown. And I can’t resist a bit of yellow, divisive as it is as a colour.

From colour to texture - organic and manmade - rocks and stone, contrasting with the industrial elements of iron, steel and aluminium.

What else? Lines. Always lines. Lines of different widths and heights and orientations - repeating, crossing, meeting. Curved lines to interrupt the straight. Order in the chaos.

There’s a hint of pareidolia (google it) - though I’m never seeking it or deliberately framing for it.

Finally it’s the little reminders of the natural environment to soften the industrial hardness - soft clouds, palm tree and even a little shadow.

There’s just something about industry that draws me in as it did one of my favourite Australian painters and significant influencer of my work, Geoffrey Smart.

 
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne
Elizabeth Schiavello Architectural and Fine Art Photographer Melbourne