Hosier Lane

Hosier Lane is one of Melbourne’s best-known graffiti lane-ways just across the road from Federation Square. Hosier Lane is a bit of a tourist magnet and that might have to do with its location. In Neil Hartles painting of Hosier Lane, he takes the viewer into the urban landscape and the architecture of straight line and square boxes that makes up the buildings but it is the graffiti and the street art that gives this artwork it pops and vibrancy that catches the viewer's eye.

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Neil Hartles completed an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts at distinction level at Albury’s Riverina Institute of TAFE NSW.
Since then, he has worked full-time as an artist. He has a passion for painting, oil and acrylic on canvas being his preferred medium. Consumed by the painting process and the study of the subject, it can distort time when he is in the studio, doesn’t even notice how long he has worked somedays. That’s what makes it his true calling in life.
Neil is also highly skilled in metalwork and furniture building and had four pieces in the MAMA collection. As a fourth-generation metalworker, blacksmithing is in his blood. He has been blacksmithing for over 25 years as part of his art practice and found it comes naturally to him. He loves creating things that bring happiness to the people that buy his artwork and support his creative ability.
He has sold numerous paintings and metal sculptures to private collections and art galleries.
There are more examples of his work on Instagram:
@neil_hartles