'Sunday City Living'

Fidelity Lithographs from a finite run of prints (pre-digital) reproducing the painting 'Sunday City Living' by Lynda Sampson.
 
Painted in 1989, the painting shows a busy Sunday morning in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens during the celebratory time following World Expo 88. The work captures the optimism and enjoyment of a time that many fondly remember as the moment that Brisbane passed from teenage-hood into young adulthood. The Warana Festival, which centred on the Botanic Gardens, was one such major demonstration of community focus that this park has held a proud history of.
 
Lynda was Warana Festival's Artist in Residence in 1988 and was a finalist in the 'Paint to Music' Workshop at the French Pavilion at World Expo 88. These two experiences inform the painting.
 
The original work, measuring 2.8 x 1.6m, was painted in oils on canvas and is held in a private collection. It was painted at the request of the late Mr Lester Padman, of Boolarong Publications, with the view of publishing the Lithographs. Boolarong was a well known Printing House in Brisbane, publishing fine art reproductions and books. The company sadly no longer exists, so the prints are technically a finite edition, though individually un-numbered.
 
This print is sold unframed only and is shipped in a strong cardboard mailing tube. It comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by myself.