Drawing Brisbane, a photo from Queensland, East

Photographer's Note

British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently at the State Library of Queensland drawing the cityscape of Brisbane from his photographic memory.

After a ride on the wheel at Southbank, and a helicopter ride over Brisbane on Friday he began drawing on Saturday. He has previously drawn London, Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem, New York, Venice and Sydney on giant canvasses.

Stephen's artistic talents were discovered at age five - two years after he was diagnosed with autism.

Here is a link to his website.

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CLODO (45116) 2011-11-28 0:41

Hi marlene

A good portrait in action. He is focused on his work.
TFS
CLODO

Juzo (2151) 2011-11-28 4:34

Hi Marlene,
I listened to an interviiew with this incredible man on the ABC in Brisbane today. I was amazed he can draw a city with such skill and detail from simply a short view and purely from memory. Despite some of the limitations he suffers in life, this ability has to be regarded a genius, and the picture of Brisbane here looks amazing.
Thanks for sharing this one.
Cheers
Justin

peppe59 (14555) 2011-11-28 8:26

Ciao Marlene,
beautiful capture of this expert painter, well-cut and perfect definition.
compliments
peppe

holmertz (102050) 2011-11-28 10:55

Hello Marlene,
An amazing life story and an amazing artist. "Rain Man" comes to my mind but I suppose he has heard that too many times. It's a good photo too, very well balanced and well cropped. This is really watching art as it is born.
Kind regards,
Gert

saxo042 (38078) 2011-11-28 12:24

Hi Marlene,
A very good combination of photo and drawing. It is really interesting to follow the progress that this artist makes here. It is also interesting to see the skyline of Brisbane here!
Kind regards
Gunnar

danos (110407) 2011-11-29 0:43

Hello Marlene,
beautiful snapshot with the artist to drawing Brisbane.I like the contrast of the colours as the excellent placement of the artist in the image.

Regards,danos

adores (46979) 2011-11-29 18:47

Hi Marlene!
He's surely a great artist! And I like your composition here. You captured him in action, with part of the draw already made. I wonder how it will look like at the end. Good work! I'm glad you're showing it!

macjake (98262) 2011-11-30 15:51

Hi Marlene
yes, i know about this man.
he has a special gift, its amazing how he can create this scenes simply from one viewing from above in the plane.
simply amazing.
thanks for this reminder of the TV show i saw him on.
cheers
craig

ChrisJ (171302) 2011-12-02 1:55

Hi Marlene

Good to include both the man, & his amazing work. Brisbane is my hometown, & I can easily recognize this without any introduction or prompts. He has done a fantastic & amazing job of reproducing the key landmarks of the city & your photo conveys this well. A good cover note too. Tfs!

schumanng (0) 2011-12-02 7:14

Hi Marlene,
regards for this portrait, very clean in its graphique and original for its background well contrasting. Colours are very well combined. The man is drawing his own background: very interesting and meaningful.
Have a nice day,
Giorgio

sandpiper (6788) 2011-12-03 12:47

Hi Marlene

Yeah saw this on the news, amazing talent. Great capture and good presentation.

Chris

cavli (1876) 2011-12-06 5:16

well composed his action. very nice point of view. very clean and very nice graphic. I like it .tfs

jmdias (114340) 2012-01-16 6:02

marlene

even watching a landscape and drawing it is difficult, it is like magic what here is producing here. excellent your image to register this magic moment and in a good way mixing work and artist.

hugs

jorge

batalay (41261) 2016-01-24 19:32

Hello Marlene,

This is an exceptionally good depiction of the artist at work that goes for the photographer as well.
I just came across this photo you had posted in 2011. I saw an documentary about this man and the remarkable achievements of autistic person. In his case, he took a helicopter ride over London, then reproduced all that he saw with remarkable accuracy. We are going to be in Brisbane for the day on 15 February, probably arriving the evening before and sailing out on the afternoon of the 15th.

You have not been active on Trekearth for sometime. By now, you should be finished with your sabbatical and should consider returning.

Warm regards,

Bulent