Kevin McKay

Eastern Suburbs Studies


10 October - 10 November 2023


Woollahra Bookshop

Spicer St Woollahra, NSW, Australia


 

“Each Tuesday I take a group plein-air painting at various locations in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. These works began during these excursions and were completed in the studio. Sitting in situ can feel transgressive in the busy city, and therapeutic in providing a primary experience of place that is framed geographically by the harbour and the sea.  The fleeting effect of light also makes us aware of our place in time, challenging one to respond in the unfolding moment, while pockets of nature evoke the Dreamtime and the built environment documents the history since Colonisation. The difficult pleasure of constructing a composition requires one to find a unit of measure within the landscape, which can reveal an interesting geometric order even in the most contemporary vista. I enjoy finding a sense of the classical and romantic within the flux of the city.”

National Art School Chapel, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm - $850

Building 27- National Art School, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm - $850

Painter - Bottle and Glass Rocks, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Cross and car - St Michaels Vaucluse, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm - $850

Jersey Road cottage - Paddington, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - SOLD

Vaucluse House, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Mound - Elizabeth Place Paddington, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Darling Point Wharf, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm -  SOLD

McKell Park bench, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm -  SOLD

Red tree red roof - Centennial Park, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Elipse - Centennial Park, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Camp Cove canon, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Hornby Lighthouse and cottage, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm -  SOLD

Green window - Macquarie Lighthouse, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm -  SOLD

Cliffside - Macquarie Lighthouse Reserve, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm -  SOLD

Big blue building - North Bondi, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Bondi Rd Post Office, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Cliffs Edge - Clovelly, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm -  SOLD

On the rocks - Gordons Bay, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 20 x 28.5 cm - $850

Winter tree - Woollahra Post Office, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm -  SOLD

Bronte Park, 2023

Oil on canvas on board 28.5 x 20 cm -  SOLD