No. 7 of my 2018 world series challenge is the V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The coastal city of Cape Town (Kaapstad in Afrikaans) is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. The city is famous for its harbour and for such well-known landmarks as Table […]
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No. 6 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Berliner Fernsehturm. The television tower close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. Its height of 368 metres (including antenna) is the tallest structure […]
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No. 5 of my 2018 world series challenge is Mont Blanc, France. Mont Blanc (or Monte Bianco in Italian) meaning “White Mountain”, is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe. It rises 4,808 m above sea level. The mountain stays in a range called the Graian Alps, between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. The location of the summit is on […]
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No. 4 of my 2018 world series challenge is St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow. Saint Basil’s Cathedral (more officially named The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed) is a church in Red Square, Moscow. The building was built from 1555–61 by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. The building, now a museum, is shaped as a […]
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No. 3 of my 2018 world series challenge is Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site […]
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The first completed commission of the year saw a return to one of my most requested subjects… Swiss mountains! these canvases were conceived as a new mountain diptych, featuring Mt Rigi and Mt Pilatus. The canvases are both 61 x 61cm and seem to work well as colourful windows to […]
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