Ross Bridge...

Ross Bridge, Tasmania by Rev Norris Brook...
Rev Norris Brook was a minister at the Yagoona Baptist Church, N.S.W. in the early '60's.
He and his wife Ethel had 2 boys - Craig and Dean...
( He began attending the N.S.W. Baptist Theological College in 1954.
Rev Ron Hansard was in his year.)
I think there was a daughter too, but I am not sure...
As a sideline to his ministry, he loved to paint in oils...
I loved mountains... and he painted a snow-capped mountain by water for me...
The painting above is the only example of his work that I have found online...


grim weathered landscape
a vital bridge
bathed in white light

Two Waterfalls

Rafael Saldana (1930-2000) ~ Two Waterfalls
Rafael lived in Liffey, a hamlet in northern Tasmania, facing Dry's Bluff in the Western Tiers.
He enjoyed painting whimsical interpretations of his environment.
Many of his paintings are now available on postcards.
This is my photo of one of them.


Deep in a mossy gully
Where a waterfall
Spills
Her soul

My earth
Feels close
To you


UPDATE NOTE: (from Kylie Eastley Consultancy Friday July 6, 2018)
So, if you came to my little 1960s house in the suburbs for tea, what would you see now…forty years on? On the wall is a small painting by a dear friend and artist, Rafael Saldana. Rafael and his lovely wife Maria introduced me to Sangria and we spent many hours talking art, travel and their bohemian times in Sydney in the 60’s. Our friendship began when I was only 17 and over the years Ralf and I would talk about art, Maria and I would discuss life, relationships and their mulberry trees as we sat in their wonderful garden in Launceston and later spent time at Liffey. It’s a simple painting of two birds in his garden; but I recognise the plants, the light and his style. It’s one of my most prized possessions. 

Linking to:
dVerse - Open Link Night