Hot Days, Cool Water: Melbourne Summer Abstract Painting
January in Melbourne. The Christmas celebrations have come to an end and New Year’s Day was yesterday.
It’s a hot summer morning and the sun at 11 am is very high in the sky. A very blue clear sky. There is a light breeze but the light is bright and piercing.
This abstract artwork reflects walking down to Brighton Beach in early January on a hot morning. The brilliant blue sky as you walk the suburban streets, past the houses with the big red and pink blooms of roses and petunias. The streets are shimmering with heat, the promise of the bay appearing on the horizon. The heat. The anticipation. The pathway from hot to cool.
This painting is bold, unapologetic color because that's how summer in Australia feels to me - vibrant, energetic, alive. It’s also the first painting for 2026 reflecting the optimism I have for the year ahead!
This original abstract painting (50 x 50cm, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas).