Tough tour de Aus. Australian original art print. artmount:Artmount 16” x 12 It reminded me of the

It reminded me of the Birdsville Race

I took the the grand children Ari and Kai to the park at Bargo

I learnt a lot about the settings of the light metering in order to retain all the colour shades and not bleached white

The original image was that of a very old piece of mouldy firewood

The dark red rose was hard to photograph to capture all the detail

Tough tour de Aus. Australian original art print. artmount:Artmount 16” x 12 It reminded me of theA piece of split firewood showed several different coloured and textured layers. It reminded me of a typical Australian outback seen. As the Tour de France was on TV at the time of finding this piece of firewood, I thought that this would make a good title for my artwork. The addition of the cyclists and spectators was all that was needed to added to the background. NOTE: A copy of the original photo is included and is attached to the back of the