A friend recently asked me if I was familiar with the photographs of Grant Mudford, an Australian artist working in the US for many years. I first encountered Mudford’s work when I was at art college in the 80s. His photographs appealed to me immediately and still do. I think of Grant Mudford’s art as architectural abstraction. He photographs the detail in buildings we may not notice, such as small design features, the effect of shadows or lettering because of its aesthetic. The resulting image is isolated from its original context.
Over the years I have dabbled with abstraction in my photographs, though my approach is different to Mudfords. I search for the abstract in the post production phase. In some cases, while I find the whole building unpleasing I do find elements worth recording and subsequently rendering in a way I hope is pleasing.
Flinders Lane Melbourne
Surveillance shadow Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Brisbane
External wall GOMA Brisbane
External wall GOMA Brisbane
Internal wall GOMA Brisbane
Glass wall GOMA Brisbane
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Interior National Gallery of Victoria at Federation
Square Melbourne
Corrugated iron wall and door Camperdown Sydney
Shop window under repair Melbourne
David Urquhart: art and about 
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