Lamp Post, Barcelona, Spain

This painting shows the Gaudi cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. The cathedral spires can be seen in the sprawling city, reaching above the mountains and into the sky. I am sitting in a park near the old olympic village, on a nice grassy area on the sloping hill side. In the trees in the middle ground, you can see scary faces, which were inspired by the nightmare-like appearance of the Gaudi cathedral exterior.

You may notice he green reflection on the bottom part of the lamp bulb. White objects always reflect the surrounding colours, in this case the green grass below. Part of the reflection contains blue (from the sky), and the rest of the bulb is pure white from the bright sun. The bulb-shadow appears to be very light and full of colour, this effect is done by placing a very dark shadow directly underneath. The dark shadow on the lamp post provides enough contrast to make the other shadow look light and delicate.


Barcelona, Lamp post View of Cathedral, 5x7" cold press paper 1998 (No. 0875-2)