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| MW16 'North Barangaroo Headland Park- The 'Blue Line' from Moore's Wharf ' 2011 oil on canvas 31 x 61cm $2,200 Enquiries about this painting: janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
Apart from the recent Open day in June, Barangaroo would still probably be an unfamiliar location to most people, unless they live or work locally.
In the background of these 2 paintings, Balmain is the headland on the left, Goat Island is on the right, and in the centre distance is Ballast Point in Birchgrove. Ballast Point, formerly a derelict refuelling depot, was refashioned into a park in 2008 by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
There is a blue line painted in a series of stylized curves and zig-zags on the concrete of the former wharf, to divide land from sea.
On the southern side of the line the sign "Headland Park" has been painted on a green background. On the other side of the line "Sydney Harbour" has been painted in the now ubiquitous Barangaroo blue.
Soon after this was painted, excavation began.
The coastline is intended to follow the contours of the shore as it was before European settlement.
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| MW28 'North Barangaroo Headland Park -The caissons from Moore's Wharf ' 2013 oil on canvas 36 x 46cm $2,000 Enquiries about this painting: janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
The geometric symmetry of the wharf still remains, but mounds of sand and gravel hint at the new shoreline yet to come.
Soon the straight edge of the wharf will be broken, the caissons removed and the yellowblock sandstone will be carefully positioned around the new shoreline.
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