Page 23 - Francis Hamel | Painting the Yellow Mountain | 2020 | wordpress catalogue

Immediately below the the the the the hotel was the the the the the roof of of the the the the the dwarfed Roman Catholic cathedral and and and beyond beyond the the the the the botanical and and and zoological gardens surrounded by neon lit sky scrapers The The The jungle tumbles down down from The The The Peak beyond beyond curling and and and crashing down down like liquid lichen settling flatly around the the the the bottoms of of the the the the buildings Appropriately The The The The Bank of of China towers over over over the the the the the the former governor’s residence over over over on the the the the the the left The The forest that surrounds the the the the city from above looks as though it it it it could reinhabit the the the the space with vigour given half a a a a chance Hong Kong 2nd March 2019
(above) 18 Red Tree Green Tea Plantation Hangzhou oil on linen 81⁄2 x x 81⁄4 ins 21 x x 22 cms
(left) 30 View from Mid Levels over the Botanical Gardens oil on on linen laid on on panel 22 x x 18 ins 56 x x 46 cms
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