A Porthole Size View.

A Porthole Size View.   2004 (Print Only)

Mount Kembla viewed from Port Kembla Harbour  - Acrylic and oil on Canvas (995 x 665)

SOLD: $3000 Acquired by private buyer at Art Prize Ball - auction in 2004 for a record AUD3,000 and now hangs in a private residence in the USA where buyer now resides.

Judges Prize – Commended

Winner People’s Choice - Mount Kembla Art Prize

(See poem written by the artist attached)

 A Porthole Size View. . . Mt Kembla By Robyn te Velde

The horizon was dull, not much at sea

As I pondered what my picture should be

A perspective that suited the quest of the day

My view to the north was blocked all the way

I looked back to the south of that dreary old peer

Old pylons down under, quite eerie I fear

I finally sat with my back to the east

A view to shore and the coal stacks not least.

My legs stretched out; my feet simply crossed

Waves softly lapping as reflections were tossed.

A container ship docked, took up much of the west

But settled I was that this view that was best

It was then I noticed the mountain in sight

Bathed in sunshine and morning light

The boardwalk above and my feet at the base

Like a frame of the view that stared me in the face.

If not for that mountain and coal deep inside

There’d be no inner harbour, no ships on the tide

My porthole size view, right here from the peer

Mt Kembla the heart of my picture, now clear.

           Note:  Authentic old pylon timber from the Inner Harbour used in frame posts.