Contrasting locations - cold and hot

Catherine Beech writes, "With some trepidation, as I’m still new to the Society and to painting in acrylics here are two of my efforts. 

One is based on a deserted whaling station on Deception Island near South Georgia. I was trying to capture the utter desolation. The other is based on a picture I took when on holiday in Oman. I was practising getting the light and shade on the pots"

Whaling Station, Deception Island

Pots in Oman