Travel
Details of my travels around the world with an eye to Fine Art
Prague
View over the city of Prague with St. Vitus Cathedral to the left and the many bridges over the Danube river in the centre.
Municipal House
Detail of the Municipal House, Prague, Czech Republic. A gorgeous example of Art Nouveau architecture. Artworks by many artists of the day adorn interior and exterior.
Prague
František Palacky monument
Hagia Sofia
Detail of the dome of the Hagia Sofia or Aya Sofia, Istanbul, Türkiye
Capadoccia, Türkiye
Rodina Mat
The enormous Rodina Mat (Motherland monument) watching over Ukraine.
War memorial
Detail of the larger-than-life sculpture at the War museum, Kiev, Ukraine
St. Stephen's Basilica
Light streams down on St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest. Named after Stephen, the first king of Hungary.
Statue Park, Budapest
Cold War era statue in Memento Park (Statue Park) outside Budapest, Hungary. A depository of Cold War era statuary.
Lattice
Detail of the British Museum, London, England
St. James Park
St. James Park as seen from Buckingham Palace. London Eye in the background.
Pincio, Rome
Shin-sekai
Tsutenaku tower, the centre piece of Shin-sekai (New World) in Osaka, Japan
Daibutsu
Detail of the Daibutsu (great Buddha) in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture.
Gateway
The many torii at the bottom of the climb up to Fushimi-Inari shrine, Kyoto.
Jizou
Guardians of the souls of dead children into the afterlife. These stand within the mountain-top complex of Engyou-ji, Hyogo Prefecture.
Amsterdam
A foggy day on the canals.
Montmartre cemetery
I like wandering European cemeteries. Not only for the history, but for the artwork that watches over the dead.
Jardin des Tuileries
Madrid sunset
Trinity University, Dublin
Berlin
Holocaust Memorial
Berlin
Offerings
Giant incense coils at Man Mo temple in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Big Lychee
Victoria Harbour and central Hong Kong island at night as seen from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.