View of Hobart from Mount Nelson , Tasmania by Lawrence Mathias
Description
Original Watercolour. The painting presents a serene kind of landscape, but as with all such pictures, there is a much deeper and often troubled narrative behind the painted surface.
Vitsa 1: View of Hobart from Mount Nelson , Tasmania
38x28cm. Watercolour on watercolour paper
The picture is done in a succession of watercolour washes, with a carefully managed perspective and balance of tones and colours.
The picture revisits an older style of landscape painting, with the idea of lofty foreground trees framing a grander view, stretching away into the distance. It presents a serene kind of landscape, but as with all such pictures, there is a much deeper and often troubled narrative behind the painted surface.
You can see Mathias's works in the Exhibition.
