Chinatown Melbourne Gum trees this makes a perfect combination

this makes a perfect combination of sweet goodness

with transparent washes that allow underlying colours to peek through

The clown sits in a contemplative pose

The background features sweeping strokes of black

As soon as you turn the corner into Seal rocks there is a little pathway in the bush that leads to the slice of beach heaven that is Seal rocks

Chinatown Melbourne Gum trees this makes a perfect combinationChinatown is a distinctive and well known area of Melbourne which dates back to the goldrush days of the 1850s. Melbournes Chinatown is the longest continuous Chinese settlement in the western world. This painting, based on a series of photographs that I took after enjoying Yum Cha at a nearby restaurant in Little Bourke Street Melbourne, is one of my Melbourne icon series. The marble lion is one of two standing as sentries to the entrance of the