When I saw this one hanging in the gallery space I immediately thought of the Bondi Icebergs.
But it also reminded me of lanes and ropes at chlorine pools.
Valley Baths, Brisbane. |
Lines and stripes are everywhere at pools.
Splashed across an entrance.
Cooma Pool |
In the design of buildings.
In the towels that hang around the edges of the water.
Bondi Icebergs Pool |
And rest on rocks and concrete waiting for their owners to emerge from the pool.
Wylie's Baths, Coogee |
They're on boardwalks and grandstands.
Moree Artesian Baths |
And on seating and stairs.
Wylie's Baths, Coogee |
On the doors of change rooms like these multi-coloured stripes at the Annette Kellerman Pool.
Sometimes they are fleeting like the shadows that fall on surfaces around a pool.
Northbridge Baths |
Or in the colours reflecting lines in the water in the pool.
Spring Hill Baths, Brisbane |
And occasionally they form naturally in the underwater beauty of an ocean pool.
Wylie's Baths |
Fabulous post Therese. Love all the parallels that you made with the beautiful art works.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. Best post ever. Beautiful images and words and very evocative.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, Therese
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenny, Jenny and John! Barbara Rogers' textiles were lovely and straight away they reminded me of pools. I have always rather liked the simple pattern of the stripe - maybe that's why I am so attracted to pools!
ReplyDeleteReally inspired post, love your blog so much Therese!
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ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah and for sharing on Facebook. Happy writing and swimming!
There is so much pleasure in this. Utterly beautiful! And I knew most of the pools... Thankyou.
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Nicole
Thank you Nicole for your lovely comment. Pools are a bit like art galleries I think, especially if you look closely. All the best.
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