Pelligrini Restaurant

This is an acrylic on canvas painting of the now permanently closed Pelligrini Restaurant on the Balmain foreshore in Sydney, Australia. This painting won the Highly Commended award in Bankstown Art Society's Annual Exhibition.

I have always been attracted to old, crumbling structures as they remind me of humans and the time that is silently taking us all through the stages of life to our eventual end. Just like a child grows into a youth and then grows old, these decaying structures make me think that they would have been young and new once, desired and doted on. But their youth is over, they are old and waiting to die.

In this structure I was particularly attracted to the boarded up windows and the general derelict appearance of the building. It also reminded me of the ephemeral nature of man-made structures in contrast to the power and permanency of nature surrounding them. I wonder how long before this weakened, crumbling construction is completely swallowed by the sea...

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I am a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Sydney, Australia. My work is inspired by nature and the happenings in the world around me. I am interested in capturing and conveying the movement of my subjects in a realistic style and also like expressing myself abstractly. I hold a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design degree. I usually allow my subjects to dictate the media and while I enjoy creating in watercolor, oils, ceramics and print media, my favorite mode of expression is acrylic on canvas. I am sensitive to the social, political, cultural and environmental issues affecting the world in my time and it is often reflected in my work.