Barry's Provocative Unpublished Minutes - 142

A small dog and a shadow - From the sketchbook of one of New Zealand's leading printmakers.

Melbourne -City Glimpses

Bourke Street Mall

Block Arcade

Union Lane

City Reflections

Eureka Tower

Flinders Street Railway Station

Melbourne - People-Watching

People-watching in Melbourne is a never-ending pleasure.

The population is so colourful and cosmopolitan.

I'm never short of subject matter.

And sitting at a tucked-away cafe table

Or on a city bench seat watching the crowds going by

Is one of my favourite photographic pleasures.

Melbourne - Looking Up

Whenever I walk the streets of inner city Melbourne, I invariably find myself looking up.

I find incredible beauty in the architectural forms etched against the impossibly blue sky.

I love the way buildings 'colonise' each other with their reflections.

Layer upon layer

Of glass, steel, brick and concrete

A beautiful juxtaposition of angles and shapes

Of verticals and horizontals

A layering of styles and time

I think of it as a kind of architectural poetry

A visual poetry

Barry's Provocative Unpublished Minutes - 141

"Bargoyle 2" More from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers

New Look for Queenstown Dining Institution

Queenstown's Wai Restaurant on Steamer Wharf has had a major revamp.

After ten years in business, this waterfront favourite is poised to become one of the resort town's finest dining spots.

On top of that, it was a finalist in the 2011 Cuisine Restaurant of the Year.

Established by Alex Boyes and Jan Rae in 2001, Wai quickly established itself as a quality dining spot and when head chef Martin James and his wife, Megan bought into the business in 2004, it went from strength to strength. They've recently won the Pernod Ricard competition for selling the most Mumm Champagne of any restaurant in New Zealand, which meant the owners were treated to a gastronomic trip to Chicago.

Now, with a sophisticated new bar and dining room to match the sophisticated cuisine, Wai is set to be a real winner.

http://www.wai.net.nz/

Barry's Provocative Unpublished Minutes - 140

"Bargoyle 1"

A wry take on modern consumerism from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers. For others in this series click on Cleavin in the label line below.

Earthquake Graffiti - Christchurch

A City in Transition

Wounded

Marked by Passers-By

July 2011, Ajr

StreetscapeNZ - 117

Deco Apartments

(One of the few that appear untouched by the earthquakes).

Montreal Street, Christchurch

Barry's Provocative Unpublished Minutes - 139

"Monument & Pedastal II"

A work in the continuing series by top New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin.

City Scene - 26

Town Hall Fountain

Christchurch

2008, Ajr

Seafood in the South

Nothing beats sitting on Queenstown's Steamer Wharf watching the TSS Earnslaw steam into town, while you enjoy succulent seafood at Finz Seafood Grill.

This terrific little wharf-side restaurant is all about great value and great views and when it comes to seafood they;ve got just about all the bases covered. With a menu that swings from creamy seafood chowder, prawns and oysters to green-lipped mussels, salmon, talbot, sole, monkfish and crispy-battered fish and chips in a newsprint package, there's something for all tastes. And if fish isn't your thing, there's Southland pork, ribeye beef, lamb and roast duck.

http://www.finzdownunder.co.nz/

Winter Vines - Marlborough Wine Region

For me, there's something quite mesmerising about soldier-like rows of grapes marching across the the landscape.

I took these photos in the autumn of 2010, when I was travelling in Marlborough.

A rolling, twisting, undulating mass of vines lurching over the low hills.

Green, gold, brown bleeding together.

Smoke from an autumn fire swirling lazily toward the hills.

May 2010, Ajr.