Sydney Night - Karoline L

Wearable Art Assignment – Ken Done Sydney Night

Ken Done is an Australian artist, he comes from Sydney born and bred. He was born 29^th June 1943. His artwork ‘Sydney Night’ was created in 1984. It is an outlook from his studio/office window. This artwork measures 70x80cm and is oil, crayon and ink on paper.

Sydney Night was painted at night through Ken’s office window, he wanted to show us what he sees at night through his window. There are many elements in this in this painting, there are stars, squiggles, circles and lines. The painting is very packed and filled with imagination it has so many random lines and shapes that make up an amazing painting. It has a horizontal axis and there is no symmetry or repetition in this piece of art. In the painting there are heaps of neon colors, boats, buildings and stars. This painting is very unique because there is so much color and vibrancy. The main idea of Sydney Night was to show people that haven’t seen Sydney, the better side of Sydney. I think Ken Done did very well in representing what Sydney looks like at night.

I like this artwork because it is very bright and I love colors. I also like it because I’m a city girl. It is an important artwork because it is an outlook of one of the most well-known cities in Australia. It is a gorgeous painting, I would definitely put it in a museum. If I were to put this on an outfit I would put it on a cute puffed up party dress because it would be a perfect party dress because of its black background and bright colors and pictures on top. I would only make one change to this artwork… I would add glitter because glitter makes everything better and I think it would give a great effect because of the dark background.