• 07-1

    SEIDLER HOUSE, POOL, LANDSCAPE, 2010

  • 10

    SEIDLER, TREE AND POOL, 2011

  • 20

    SEIDLER HOUSE, SUNSET, 2009

  • 18

    MT CAMERON HOUSE, 2009

  • 01

    MUMS HOUSE AND ECONO LODGE RESEVOIR, 2012

  • 04-1

    MUMS HOUSE WITH ECONO LODGE POOL, 2011

  • 07

    ECHONEST, LISMORE, 2012

  • 04-2

    BLUE FOREST VERTICAL, 2010

  • 04

    DEATHMASK NIGHT, 2012

  • 06-1

    EMPTY POOL, 2010

  • 11

    CENTENARY POOL, BRISBANE, YELLOW GREY, 2008

  • 12

    SOUTH COAST PALMS, VIOLET + MODERN HOME, 2008

Paul Davies

Posted by Charlotte Simmonds,

Like pages from a space-age Architectural Digest, Paul Davies’ painted houses hover in a surreal semi-state of suspense and beauty. His modernist houses sit amid an ever-changing backdrop of acid-toned skies and inverted reflections in placid swimming pools. The Australian artist’s work draws from a range of influences (the Bauhaus aesthetic and a childhood obsession with Jeffrey Smart to name two). I’d like to call his style Miami mansion meets David Lynch thriller meets Hockney-esque colour blocking. Either way it’s pretty wonderful.