Las Vegas...City Center architectural images dazzle on video! Inspiration for a series of paintings...

I'm zipping off to Vegas for some sin and sun - not necessarily in that order - though!

Actually, I just pine for a respite from it all for a few days by the pool.

Once I get settled in, I'll take a trek up to the spanking new City Center - highlighted by Frank Gehry designs - which has transformed the desert oasis strip into an glittering aesthetic beauty.

The knock-out showcase-cum-upscale-mall is brimming full of swank restaurants, trendy boutiques, and tony Hotels.

At the crack of dawn one morning a few weeks ago, when the constuction teams were painstakingly adding finishing touches to the futuristic-looking CityCenter to meet the grand opening deadline, I captured a handful of the scintillating images on celluoid with my HD camera.

Click on the links below to check out my favorite architectural renderings.

Landscape No. 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOZTN_LeQds

Landscape No. 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeE1E4495tQ

Landscape No. 44 (Lemon Wedge & Palm Tree)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qf88LQbsvA&feature=player_embedded

Landscape No. 89

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRFMiAIdmYs

Landscape No 41 (Merging Reliefs in Desert Terrain)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TS17WdHc7g

Landscape No. 16 (Marbled squares against Sky Blue)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgeWLe0m2o

Landscape No. 9 (Slash Dash Vegas & Skyline Terrain)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cs5FgRHhAU

Landscape 84 (Clashing Images Merge)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXcHx-1A4E

Landscape No. 88 (Sea Green, Ultramine & Slate Grey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRFMiAIdmYs

If Santa surprises me with a new paint set and a host of canvases, those VID images may just be the inspiration I need to roust me from a painting dry spell, and get my artistic a** in gear!

Who knows, I may just start pursuing my first love (painting) with great fervor again.

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