Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
You are looking at the results of a 'sketch swap' between Sydney architect Peter Rush and myself. I'm very pleased to receive his work above of the Summer Hill shops in Peter's distinctive cereal box style. Thanks Peter!
On the right a shot by Peter of my sketches arriving in Sydney.
Peter is an architect who spent a number of years working in Auckland, is a fan of the Smith & Caughey building on Queen Street. It was designed by American architect Roy Lippincott and the best example of a 'Chicago Style' department store in Auckland.
Check out more of Peter's art on Flickr.
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