Sun setting on Palm Springs (2013)Painting by Stephen Abela

A pool scene based on a vintage postcard of a hotel pool in Palm Springs.

I am drawn to photographs of leisure scenes as well as vintage travel and holiday postcards from the 50s and 60s. I use these kinds of references, alongside my own personal bank of images, to make my paintings. I am attracted to the mix of nostalgia and ‘Luxe, Calme et Volupté’ in these depictions of leisure. Here is a place where people are partly naked, relaxed and often unaware of themselves; perhaps more ‘natural’ than in other situations.

Materials used:

acrylic on jacksons premium stretched canvas

Details:

• Painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 76 x 59.99 x 0.99cm (unframed) / 76 x 59.99cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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