Deceptive Imagery
The installation is known as the “curtain wall” mural or the “Flatiron” mural and is actually mounted on a huge steel armature fixed to the rear of the building.Many people mistakenly believe that the Toronto version of the Flatiron is a copy of the iconic New York Flatiron building which is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The truth is the Toronto building was completed first, in 1892, a full ten years before its Big Apple counterpart.
Ancient and Modern
For me, a building is never “just a building”. I love the way architecture evolves, and we can see evidence of that evolution all around us – we only have to look up! I just love the way this photograph perfectly encapsulates two buildings that stand at either end of an architectural time-line.
Illusion in Covent Garden
This is something that you don’t come across very often – a golden man sitting seemingly suspended in mid air. When I saw him at first there were so many people surrounding him I wondered …
Higher Perspective Inspirational art prints
I can remember recently riding this escalator upwards in this station, which is Kentish Town, and being inspired by all the parallel lines simply escaping towards infinity. It’s among the things that inspired this art print as well as my love of all things that have perspective