Eclectic, random, unpredictable, and often bizarre describes the artwork onboard the Radiance of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean ship we have been sailing from Sydney to Perth around the top of Australia. The ship itself, while showing its age in a few spots, is beautiful. It’s the attention to detail, interesting artwork around every corner, and huge wall hangings that kept me smiling.
You have seen the centre atrium, so you already know the ship is decorated in good taste. I think radiance was the perfect name for this ship as her brilliance emanates happiness. Check out some of my favourite artwork onboard:
Clever and fun, this is my favourite piece, located in a stairwell corner.
The landing between each floor on the stairwell had both corner art and a giant work across the back wall.
To give some perspective on size, hubby stands next to this corner display. The opposite corner had other mini furniture.
While the bizarre artwork always catches my eye, I also am drawn to the many glass pieces.
The glass elevators looked out to sea, and from the top deck, there was this display of glass birds. The only way to see them is by looking out of the outer elevators when at the top floor.
Art also covered the walls on the ship. Clockwise the images are the hallway leading to our cabin, a wall of modern ocean waves near guest reception, and a nautical theme outside the buffet dining room.
Mosaic made of stone and glass is another common theme of the artwork onboard the Radiance of the Seas.
These two were also in the stairwell. On the same respective decks were the “toothpaste” art in red (the only piece of art on the ship I didn’t like), and a Campbell’s tomato soup.
The photo gallery is where you find the photos taken by the professional photographers around the ship, as well as photos of the various ports, photo albums, cameras, etc. Radiance of the Seas also has a professional photography studio creating portraits in black and white. We did this on our last cruise and love our results. Expensive, but worth every penny.
We sailed on the Radiance of the Seas from Sydney to Perth, stopping in Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Bali (Indonesia), Port Hedland, and Geraldton. My initial impressions also highlighted her radiance, while the speciality meals on board were another highlight.
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Disclaimer: In addition to VIP treatment onboard the Radiance of the Seas we were provided with many complimentary extras including a few pieces of artwork. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
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Always good to have some artwork to admire on a cruise ship!
Many thanks for linking up with the Travel Tuesday meme, hope to see you there again this week!
Yes, I loved walking around looking at the artwork.
So awesome, love all the creative art – thank you for sharing and for linking up at Impulsive Artistry!
—Charles
Thanks Charles
quirky but cute!
And this is the ship that brought me to your country, finally 🙂
I have been admiring the art pictures on board before, some cruises are really art galleries , I love going the corridors and look at the art work, the one in Britania cruise was amazing,
Regarding Radiance of the Seas, the painting is very nice and the toothpaste is kind of funny, haha
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I thought the toothpaste was pretty cool in the colour I shared here, but I didn’t like it so much in the red.
Quirky artwork but fun! Enjoyed the cyber tour.
It was fun to walk around and find it. Too bad the ship didn’t offer an art tour.
It’s fun to look at, and if you remember which piece is where, you will not lose your way up and down the stairs!
The floors are well labeled, so you can’t get lost. My problem was usually remembering which way was forward 🙂
Some great art pieces here. Hard to pick a favourite one. Think it had to be the lady in the pink dress, it it a corkscrew?
Yes, it is a corkscrew, that is why I like it so much. It is really clever.
my favorite piece was the glass and stone mosaic! Thanks for sharing your cruise with us!
There were artworks in the same style throughout the ship.
Interesting art! My favorite are the birds, especially where they’re placed with limited view inside, like they’re really on display for real birds passing by outside. 😀
They are up at the top of the ship, maybe they are there for the real birds to see.
I like the pink lady, tiny chairs, glass birds and the pepsi bottle. Interesting art display.
Those are all found in the corner stairwell displays. There were two main staircases, 11 passenger floors, two corners per floor, so if I do the math correctly, 44 interesting corner artworks.
Unexpected to see this on a cruise ship but why not indeed.
It was a fun surprise around every corner.
Cool, not a modern art fan but I loved the bottle opener
There was some traditional art too, like the sailing yachts.
My favorite is also the lady in pink. I really didn’t like the toothpaste. Great fun post.
If you didn’t like the toothpaste in toothpaste colour, you really would have disliked it in red 🙂
I liked the sailboat the best, although everything is way cool.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Of course you do. There were also a few model boats around the ship that you would have loved.
Hi Rhonda – I loved the stone and glass mosaic … but actually the wooden display cabinets … I loved! Interesting to see them all .. cheers Hilary
I think the photos of hubby was really needed to put it all into perspective. Some of the wall art is huge, while some of the displays are miniature. In photos, they can all look the same with a reference.
Some of it is really odd. The glass work is pretty though.
Yes, the oddness is what made it so interesting.
I think whoever chose the artwork had a good sense of humor! Most of the ones you photographed were funny. (Though the sinking boat was a bit alarming!)
LOL – I had to go back to see which photo you were referring too. It’s not sinking. That’s how yachts sail, they tip a bit to one side.
I loved that Pepsi bottle and I liked the floor walking down the hallways.
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See ya Rhonda.
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I thought that Pepsi bottle was pretty cool too.
I will check out your new blog 🙂
Cool photos 🙂
Cool artwork to photo 🙂
I always enjoy the photos
Thanks 🙂
I really like the artwork – it’s quirky and thoughtful rather than just being superficial.
It sure is interesting.
Love your choice of words so much, I just changed the title 🙂 Thanks
Thanks for the art tour. I liked the mosaic and the glass works.
There is so much of both, it was hard to pick for this page.