Montsalvat Mugs

Archway in Montsalvat oil painting is painted from a reference photo I took while visiting Montsalvat in Eltham, Victoria. Montsalvat is the oldest continuously active artists community in Australia. It is one of my favorite places to visit while living in Victoria because of its medieval style architecture and surrounding gardens. Light shining through the window into a dark room is beautiful.

Monsalvat, Eltham. Victoria, Australia. This is a garden gate at the artist commune of Montsalvat. It has an ethereal appeal to it. I wanted to explore that feeling a bit further.. Canon 7D Canon 10-22 !http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6055725603_bd7d92f7de_m.jpg!:https://www.facebook.com/AndrewParanavitana Original RAW file converted and edited in Photoshop CS6. Textures from www.kimklassencafe.com - free use stock and some of my own.

I was fascinated by all the windows and doors at Montsalvat in Eltham, Victoria when I visited and took many photos knowing that they would be reference photos for artwork. This is my first window painting painted in oil on wood panel.

Stained glass window in Montsalvat is a painting from a reference photo I took when visiting Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria. This painting captures the light shining through the window onto the window sill of the dark room of the Montsalvat building. The colours in the stained glass window are brightened from the sunlight.