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City and Sea: Urban Coastal Environment by Kevin McKay

Regular viewers of the AnArt4Life blog will know well the wonderful urban paintings of Kevin McKay. And so it is with delight that we will showcase some of the urban landscape paintings he contributed to the City and Sea Exhibition with his son Jay McKay.

Australian Artist

City and Sea with Jay McKay and Kevin McKay: A Shared Passion

Yesterday I introduced you to Jay McKay - an exciting new artist who is making his presence felt. Not only is Jay one of only 50 HSC students chosen to be represented in the ARTEXPRESS exhibition for 2024, he has also recently shared an exhibition of City and Sea with his father Kevin McKay.

Urban Landscape

Catching up with Kevin McKay: Eastern Suburbs Studies

As 2024 dawns I thought we would take a look into the studio of Sydney artist Kevin McKay to see what he was doing during 2023 and where he might be heading this year.

Seascapes

Image Challenge: Dockland Developments

Docklands have always fascinated me with the magnificent old warehouses often dominating decaying wharves no longer relevant to today's life. But Dockland Developments are all around us and so with my painting I begin to explore this topic.

Urban Landscape

Image Challenge No 4: Night Developments

For today's image the challenge was for me as I set out to create an image of the "night workers" hopefully feeling very much at home and comfortable in their surroundings.

Seascapes

Harbour City with Kevin McKay

Sydney artist Kevin McKay is a very firm favourite of the AnArt4Life blog team and supporters. And for good reason as his urbanscapes predominantly of Sydney are amazing visual narratives told through structures against stunning background scenery.

Urban Landscape

Darrell Urban Black

Meet Darrell Urban Black who works in mixed media and with non toxic glue to create 3D effects on a variety of surfaces. He calls the optical artistic illusion he creates "Definism". There is much to explore and learn from this artist.

Urban Landscape

On Bended Knee

Today a painting by American artist Darrell Urban Black who lives at present in Germany. Take time to study the image and relfect on possible meanings and tomorrow I will open the door into the world of Darrel Urban Black.

Urban Landscape

John Broom - The Accountant who wanted to be an Artist: Part Two

The seond post on John Broom reveals more about this remarkable man who worked as an accountant while passionately honing his artistic skills. We see today John's series on "The Vanishing Church" which will give us all cause to think.

Urban Landscape

Urban Scenes Around the World

The remarkable scenes of urban and city scapes we bring you today from "Unsplash" are a timely reminder how beautiful the world is and how incredibly talented humans are. Take a moment to look around you at your immediate environment and notice the beauty no matter how small or large.

Urban Landscape

Kevin McKay - Towers and Spires: Vaucluse Paintings - Part Two

Urban landscape artist Kevin McKay is very gifted and able "to juxtapose the domestic and contemporary with the historical and herioc". We are very privileged to have a front seat at his current exhibition showcasing buidlings along Sydney's South Head Peninsula.

Urban Landscape

Kevin McKay - Towers and Spires: Vaucluse Paintings - Part One

This post takes you on a visual and historic journey with urban landscape artist Kevin McKay as we showcase the paintings which make up his exhibition of "Sydney's South Head Peninsula" occurring at May▲Space Online until the end of November.

America

The Ashcan School, New York

Today we learn a little about the "Ashcan School," a group of painters who pioneered Urban Realism in New York in the early 1900s. Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Urban Landscape

Urban Landscapes by Robert Bissell

Look around you and you will find the intricate weaving of narratives in the landscape around you. Discover some gems in the urban scenes we are all familar with - these have been created by the magical hand of Robert Bissell.

Urban Landscape

Kevin McKay: seeking constancy in an ever changing city

Kevin McKay enjoys finding ready-made compositions in urban environments and applies the formal concerns of compositional design with the particularity of place as he seeks a theatrical intensity in the ordinary. Image credit: kevinmckayart.com

Urban Landscape

Daniel Bodey: Pounding the Pavement

A recipient of the Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award, young Sydney artist Daniel Bodey is stamping his mark on the art world. An urban landscaper influenced by Australian painter John Brack you will be as excited as I am at the prodigious talent blazing forth from his textured canvases.

Tribute

Kevin McKay: Repurposed panel in memory of Troy Quinliven

Sydney artist Kevin McKay today pays tribute to his friend and fellow artist Troy Quinliven by repurposing an unfinished and abandoned panel of Troy's. His study depicts Sydney's National Art School where he first met and became friends with Troy. Image credit: kevinmckayart.com

Dogs

Contemporary Scottish Artist - Louis McNally

Louis Mcnally is a contemporary Scottish artist who paints using a distinctive style. He painstakingly develops his paintings over many weeks using drawings, photos and memory. Image credit: scottishartpaintings.co.uk

Travel

A Changing Urban Landscape

During my recent visit to Sydney I had the chance to explore Broadway in Sydney which includes the iconic Grace Bros building - how much it had changed since the 1970s. Let’s consider changing urban landscapes . Image credit: sydney-city.blogspot.com

Photography

Every picture tells a story

The amazing image you will see and learn about in this post was taken by Melbourne photographer Pam Morris who recently won the Australian Institute of Professional Photography Silver Lining Award for 2021. Image credit: Mafia Briefcase swap? – Palermo Sicily 2020 by Pam Morris

Outback

Kevin McKay's Broken Hill

Come with me to visit Broken Hill, the iconic mining town in outback New South Wales and see the paintings being created by Sydney urban landscape artist Kevin McKay. Image: Vanity Mirror by Kevin McKay (kevinmckayart.com)

Urban Landscape

Monday's Feature Art Work: Collins Street, 5pm

In today's Feature Art Work, we look at an iconic painting by John Brack, of workers heading home at 5pm along Collins Street, Melbourne Australia, plus a whimsical look of the same streetscape today...... Image: NGV.gov.vic.au

Photography

Colin Morris takes us to Melbourne 2020

We have never seen our city streets empty of people and whilst it is disturbing it does give us a chance to observe and note the beauty of the buildings and their surroundings. Today's photos of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia are brought to you thanks to the photography of Colin Morris.

Buildings and Structures

Rooftops of Paris

By sharing some of my photos of the rooftops of Paris I hope you will be inspired to look more closely at the best feature (in my opinion) of a building. We also look at rooftop paintings by Van Gogh, Evgeny Lushpin, Malcom Macdonald,

Travel

Taking It Easy in Mexico

Some images of Mexico from Unsplash photographers. Aiming to inspire.

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