City Views from Rialto - 24 carat gold - Autumn

24 Carat Gold adorns Melbourne’s Eureka Sky deck as the city of Melbourne is depicted in an ever changing landscape. The buildings are deliberately incomplete because the city skyline is always under construction. What is the tallest build today will not be so forever. Instead the viewer is invited to contemplate the eternal nature of the mountains in the distance and the bay to the side.

Bright clouds cover the horizon in this piece created during the Autumn of 2023. The views of the Dandenong ranges appear in the distance.

The crescent shape of Port Phillip Bay can be seen on the left of the painting. The green leafy suburbs of Melbourne have been highlighted in light green while the places of cultural significance are painted in red. The dots of red adorn the MCG on the right of the painting while the spire of the Arts centre is reminds the viewer of Melbourne’s home as the cultural capital of Australia.