Golf (After Nicholson) - Art Print

I always admired the minimalist abstractions of Ben Nicholson.  This, coupled with the fact that today is the first day of LPGA golf in 2015, resulted in a golf inspired composition.

Golf (After Nicholson)
Print on Canvas
Roger Smith 2015

Copies of this print are available here.

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Today's Art - Botany Downs Landscape

Botany Downs Landscape
Print on Canvas
Roger Smith 2015

Copies available here.

WoW! Dinosaurs, Rockets & Creativity

I paid one of my infrequent visits to our Auckland War Memorial Museum today.  As its title suggest, it is a mix of 'memorial to the fallen' and a historical showcase of a wide range of diverse collections.

From Dinosaurs and a jade buffalo from the Summer Palace, the to a German V1 Rocket, this museum has it all.  best of all it is free to Auckland ratepayers.

Auckland War Memorial Museum

The temporary exhibition when I visited this summer was the New Zealand event, the World of Wearable Art (WoW), which will later embark on a world tour to other museum.

If you get a chance to see WoW you should as it is inspirational and highly creative in the costumes on display.

The World Of Wearable Art Exhibition - Auckland War Memorial Museum

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Blame It One The Bugis

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Singapore's Bugis Street stills has a 'certain reputation'.

Art Work on Pinterest

My latest art prints are added to Pinterest.  You can see and follow them on this board.

Follow Roger Smith's board My Online Art Gallery - Original Work on Pinterest.

Singapore Then And Now - Photographs That Celebrate 50 Years

The Straits Times has been publishing some interesting 'then and now' slider images recently.  These show common Singapore landmarks as they were, and as they are now.

They include the following:

The MPH Building
See the full size slider photos here.

The Cathay Cinema
See the full size slider photos here.

Clarke Quay
See the full size slider photos here.

Capitol Theatre in 1983 and today.
See full size slider here.

I am pleased that a number of these heritage buildings are still standing, as many of them were lost forever in the drive for modernisation and thanks to the stress of a tropical climate on such structures.

The newspaper will be adding new slider images each Thursday in 2015 as part of the celebrations this year of Singapore's 50th Anniversary.

Today's Art - Yellow Lanterns

Yellow Lantern
Roger Smith 2014
Prints available here.

Art montage based on man-made objects, sign and marks.  Large canvas 120.5 cm X 101.4 cm

15 Telling Numbers For 2015

Source: Straits Times

Should be a great 2015 with Singapore celebrating its 50th year as an independent country

Pohutukawa Flowers

Pohutukawa Flowers
January 2015
Roger Smith

The New Zealand Pohutukawa trees are flowering at this time of year and when they fall they carpet the pavement.