Art Deco by judithg

Art Deco

St Catherine's small but elegant boat house has a new coat of paint. I don't think I've ever paid it any attention before but I noticed the elegant turn of it's staircase and the nice art deco line around the door when I was walking past yesterday. Built in the 1930s, it was bought from 3rd Trinity Boat Club in 1958. They presumably no longer needed it after merging with 1st Trinity to form Trinity 1st & 3rd.
I am tired, busy and fed up with the weather and poor Monty is in need of a good long countryside run but is getting shorter and shorter pavement walks. Hopefully we'll all manage something better over the Easter weekend.
Three good things:
1. Food shopping done for the holiday.
2. Rachel helped out in a completely packed out Waitrose and didn't moan too much about the amount of chocolate going in the trolley.
3. Proper lie in tomorrow for everybody (dog permitting).
Oh wonderful shot, great POV
March 28th, 2013  
Very clear and grafical (?). The soft Tones are very beautiful.
March 28th, 2013  
I adore the lines, colors, tones, and the symmetry works nicely. I feel for poor Monty AND you!
March 28th, 2013  
A beautiful design Judith, that is a wonderful swirl of lines!! Soft tones give this a gentle, summery look.
Enjoy your lie in & Monty's time in the fields will come!!
Lovely to have all the family together over Easter!!
March 28th, 2013  
Well spotted! This is a beauty.
March 28th, 2013  
That reminds me of the opening animation of the classic Hercule Poirot series, so you really got the art deco mood nailed. Great shot, nice graphic lines.
March 28th, 2013  
Great bit of style
March 28th, 2013  
Fabulous composition. I so wish you'd photoshopped out that plastic thingy though. Would be favtastic without that... Ok shoot me.
March 28th, 2013  
Great tones and POV! Love the sound of that lie in on the weekend! Happy Easter to you and your fam and Monty!
March 28th, 2013  
Nice spot - I haven't included any of the boat houses yet - my deep-seated loathing of rowing continues I think!
March 28th, 2013  
@fueast I know but think of the technical difficulties with all the shadows - maybe - I cloned out the top of a traffic clone so I haven't been a total Philistine... Think of it as another 'shape'....
March 28th, 2013  
Jo
Very interesting shot, love all the different lines.
March 28th, 2013  
Beautifully elegant shot!
March 28th, 2013  
Very elegant and sod the plastic thingy!! Enjoy your lie in......are you listening Monty?!!
March 28th, 2013  
@fannyb That's the spirit!
March 28th, 2013  
Great spot. Spot on composition.
March 28th, 2013  
Is this just as it was? It's very striking - I like it. Enjoy your Easter break.
March 28th, 2013  
love it
March 28th, 2013  
Lovely. Very different from your usual sort of shot, but I really like the elegant lines.
March 28th, 2013  
Wow, love the beautiful spiral.... And as Fanny says, sod the plastic thingy!
March 28th, 2013  
Great lines, superb composition.
March 28th, 2013  
Love the contrast and lines.
March 28th, 2013  
Love this. The lines are fantastic. Fav for me
March 28th, 2013  
This is beautiful, Judith. Wonderful perspective.
March 28th, 2013  
Love the tones and lines - a fabulous composition. Have a great Easter :)
March 28th, 2013  
Such an elegant curve. Reminds me of a treble clef.
March 28th, 2013  
All those clean lines are gorgeous!
March 28th, 2013  
This is such a pretty wall - very well chosen and photographed.!
March 28th, 2013  
Lovely lovely fav!
March 28th, 2013  
nicely composed...
March 28th, 2013  
I do like this image. The minimum amount of information to give the Art Deco impression and the colour tones are superb.
March 28th, 2013  
Lovely lines and curves.
March 29th, 2013  
Kim
Great lines! Love the curve.
March 29th, 2013  
Love this!
March 29th, 2013  
This is great! I love the lines and simplicity!
March 29th, 2013  
Lyn
very beautiful lines, the color is so muted but gorgeous.
March 29th, 2013  
Great lines and right 90 degrees angle!A shot full of geometry:)Love the processing!Fav!
March 29th, 2013  
We watched Maundy Thursday in Britain tonight - Cambridge with the Queen in Christchurch Cathedral - how absolutely magnificent!
March 29th, 2013  
This is stunning!! Fave Great spotting and excellent comp.
March 29th, 2013  
@maggiemae That was Oxford Maggiebut I'll let you off! She has to be nice to them because we got the Duke & Duchess!!
March 29th, 2013  
Beautiful shot,
March 29th, 2013  
Nice shot, I like all the lines.
March 29th, 2013  
Tim
Fantastic shot Judith. Wonderful lines beautifully cropped. It reminds me of an art deco poster I saw recently. Great shot and a fav from me.
March 29th, 2013  
Wonderful! Frank Lloyd Wright would approve. Although after having read "Loving Frank", I am not so keen on him!
March 29th, 2013  
I was struck by this as soon as I saw it. Having looked at it again and again I can't work out whether it's real or painted on though. Nevertheless it gets a fav from me for being such a striking shot xx
March 29th, 2013  
Love the lines and twirly bits here~!!! The steps are so clear!!
March 29th, 2013  
brilliant capture judith , love how you've seen this, it's quite retro too , almost like an athena poster from the late 70's early 80's... a fave too
March 29th, 2013  
Cool curves and lines.
March 29th, 2013  
Oh my gosh, I love this! The lines are awesome . . . and there are 2 of my letters - an S and an L.
March 29th, 2013  
@psychographer It's definitely real - I took it from across the river so I think the distance has 'flattened' it out!
March 29th, 2013  
@barbsmith I was thinking about your letters today and that I hadn't seen any!!
March 29th, 2013  
Great lines
March 29th, 2013  
great spot very mrs spada love these steps only ever seen them i london before ..made me laugh with your dog permitting your lie in :)
March 30th, 2013  
Love all the lines!!
March 30th, 2013  
Brillent shot and so well captured. fave
March 30th, 2013  
Such. Definite lines and clarity, and the way the spiral guides you....very simple, very effective
March 30th, 2013  
love the lines and immediately recognized the genre... love!
March 30th, 2013  
Fantastic lines! Well done on PP - well deserved!
March 30th, 2013  
Love all of the fabulous lines and the spiral of the stairs. Very effective image!
March 31st, 2013  
Perfection! ART sister, this is art!!
March 31st, 2013  
Great lines and colors!
March 31st, 2013  
Love the geometry - all the curves, lines and angles.
March 31st, 2013  
I love the sophistication of composition. Fabulous lines!
March 31st, 2013  
Brilliant. Fav
April 1st, 2013  
hermosoo
April 1st, 2013  
I'm so behind in commenting, but it means that I have a lovely collection of your photos to look through while I eat my chocolate! I'm not sure what certain people's objections are to chocolate, unless that person has stopped eating all sugar (and that would include starches like bread and potatoes too?)

Anyway, off my chocolate-box and on to your fabulous shot! The lines are fabulous, and I actually liked the plastic thingy as it reminded me of the portholes that were also popular in art deco (and which would have been a nice touch on a boathouse). One of the master strokes is that the line of trim in the bottom left is echoed in the little step-down of the wall in the upper right.
April 2nd, 2013  
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