'Lookout: Cromwell'

Original oil painting

This oil painting captures the fading light of the day over Cromwell, New Zealand. Viewed from the Bruce Jackson Lookout on the Cromwell-Clyde Road - the ideal spot to observe the merging of the Kawarau River with Lake Dunstan and the sparkling evening lights of Cromwell across the water.

'Bokeh' is a style of painting borrowed from photography - initially capturing light through a deliberately blurred camera lens. As the focus is removed, what starts as pin-points of light grows in size, which lends the style to representing a metaphor: as you soften your focus, the light in your life expands.

Painted by New Zealand bokeh artist Mel McKenzie (The Penny Drops) in 2024.

About the art

Approx 19.5cm high, 28cm wide - on a sheet of oil painting paper with whimsical deckled edges. Framed within a black metal frame.