The Indiana Tea House
Selected works by Ken Rasmussen featuring our 'Sun Temple', the Indiana Tea House
Nightfall Over The South West |
Oil on Canvas Painting
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XK49 |
In this painting of the south western corner of Australia, I want to express feelings of joy and celebration of this place and its generous spaces. I delight in its colours and the freedom of living here.
Lighting Up Our Hopes and Dreams |
Oil on Linen Painting
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NR79 |
This landscape painting shows the city of Perth. You can see the beach stretching up from Fremantle through Cottesloe and beyond City Beach, Rottnest and the Swan River up to Freshwater Bay. The forests, lakes, houses, schools and playing fields of the city’s north west span the horizon. The city is dynamic, with people and families flowing in and out all of the time, symbolised by houses gently floating in and out of view. This painting is about being part of an aspirational community where a culture of learning is celebrated, lighting up our hopes and dreams for the future.
Village By The Sea |
$5,400.00 |
Oil on Linen Painting
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KQ30 |
Cottesloe is such a charming village. It sits beside a little forest of pine trees on the hill. There’s the beach in the distance. These are the ways we think about Cottesloe. And why we love it so much.
Cottesloe for Coffee |
$5,400.00 |
Oil on Linen Painting
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FR82 |
This painting is about how people move away. Then they come back. Cottesloe Village is where they meet up again to reconnect with family and friends. It is a place of comfort.
The Sun Temple |
Oil on Linen Painting
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YC41 |
This is an homage to the iconic Indiana Tea House, a famous Cottesloe Beach building that serves as a monument to our love of the sun. Here is where we give thanks for the freedom and safety of this place.
Cottesloe Sun Temple |
Oil on Canvas Painting
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QR53 |
I sometimes think of the Indiana Teahouse as being like a Sun Temple where we gather around to worship warm weather and calm seas. In the summer we gaze out at Rottnest and remember the fine choice we have of being here or there.
Beach Party |
Oil on Linen Painting
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HN11 |
The summer air rests over Rottnest and Cottesloe. Our life is a beach party.
A Certain Kind of Light |
Oil on Linen Painting
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GN29 |
Lights comfort us and guide us to safety. There’s a special peacefulness about lights at night – starlight, lights in windows, distant lighthouses. They cast a childhood spell over us.
Cottesloe Pines |
Oil on Canvas Painting
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TD48 |
Here is our summer palace at Cottesloe Beach. This is where we are all transported to a place of warmth and luxury. Side by side we are stretched out on the sand without a care in the world.
Looking Forward |
Oil on Linen Painting
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QN62 |
We live in an optimistic city where the natural momentum is always carrying us forward. This is a place where people look to the future. They have a vision for how things can be. That energy is all around us.
Metropolis By The Ocean |
$7,400.00 |
Oil on Linen Painting
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KW44 |
Perth is a glittering Metropolis on the ocean’s edge. From Rockingham up to the north, your eye takes in Rottnest, Cottesloe, the city of Perth, Fremantle and the Swan River. So many delights on offer. Perth and it’s ocean overflows with colour and nourishment.
Welcome To The Beach Palace |
$2,400.00 |
Oil on Linen Painting
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VP70 |
I’m paying homage to our civic spaces like Cottesloe Beach. This precious place is the setting for so much joy and connection. We can all share the beach and its beauty. We can all be rich and feel the luxury of living here.
Big Cottesloe Summer |
Oil on Canvas Painting
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HC28 |
This is one of my favourite views. We are looking at the hill behind Cottesloe Beach with all the pines on it. This wonderful place reminds me of a romantic Germanic forest.
