tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55000875596673012062024-03-08T22:33:30.479+11:00Industrial Revelation Jane Bennett -
Industrial Heritage ArtistJane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-66237840962196350572022-07-09T21:47:00.001+10:002022-07-10T19:18:40.782+10:00The Other Art Fair at Barangaroo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX5mSzhrtAYXDl6UTSeCgrKNDgIwnpyebjXzgupQ6YECHzNwHuFxqihihvsWF7iBRM4J7xZs8jpNELo4neanAqrrFSTdRHQ7IssLHdcaYbetOCFhAgghDTFQCU9dhS4ymLEMHhRktZx6E4MNctHXnOqSHf27iOLl8HcQMWrqS7_aN_SURAp4PDyvk/s1424/Hungry%20Mile%20-text-Other%20Art%20Fair.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1424" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX5mSzhrtAYXDl6UTSeCgrKNDgIwnpyebjXzgupQ6YECHzNwHuFxqihihvsWF7iBRM4J7xZs8jpNELo4neanAqrrFSTdRHQ7IssLHdcaYbetOCFhAgghDTFQCU9dhS4ymLEMHhRktZx6E4MNctHXnOqSHf27iOLl8HcQMWrqS7_aN_SURAp4PDyvk/s320/Hungry%20Mile%20-text-Other%20Art%20Fair.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo, July 21 - 24</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am proud to have been selected to participate in The Other
Art Fair at the Cutaway at Barangaroo in Sydney, July 21st to 24th. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am so excited to show you my plein air painting series ‘The
Hungry Mile'.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They were all painted 'en plein air' when Barangaroo was still the "Hungry Mile Wharf" on the exact spot where The Other Art Fair, Sydney will be
held.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A preview of some of the works I'll exhibit </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/janebennett">https://www.saatchiart.com/janebennett</a></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>OPENING HOURS<br />
Thursday 21 July 4-7PM / 7-10PM<br />
Friday 22 July 2PM – 10PM<br />
Saturday 23 July 10AM – 6PM<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>To book tickets, visit: <a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/sydney/tickets" target="_blank">https://www.theotherartfair.com/sydney/tickets</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Discounted
tickets for followers of my blog:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><ul data-rte-list="default" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>25% discount off tickets for Friday to Sunday,
redeemable using the promo Tickets Code: </span><b>OTHERS25</b><span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>To book tickets, visit: <a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/sydney/tickets" target="_blank">https://www.theotherartfair.com/sydney/tickets</a>
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<![endif]--> </span>Please join
me and 110 other artists at The Cutaway at Barangaroo, July 21st to 24th. It
would be lovely to see you there.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For more of my paintings of this area</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://walshbayhistory.net/stories/paintings-of-the-old-port" target="_blank">"Paintings of a passing Port"</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2016/08/ivory-tower.html" target="_blank"> "The Last of the Hungry Mile"</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/barangaroo-tabula-rasa.html" target="_blank">"Barangaroo - Tabula Rasa" </a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2010/08/painting-harbour-control-tower-at.html" target="_blank">"Sydney Harbour Control Tower" </a><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span>
</p></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com01 Merriman St, Barangaroo NSW 2000, Australia-33.8583482 151.2018299-62.168582036178847 116.0455799 -5.5481143638211563 -173.6419201tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-4696616055562877812022-05-20T20:13:00.000+10:002022-05-20T20:13:49.446+10:00Exhibition at the 10th Pyrmont Festival of Wine Food and Art<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">It's the 10th anniversary of the Pyrmont Festival of Wine Food and Art, which will be held </font></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">11am - 5pm on Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th May at Pirrama Park.</font></span></font></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">I'll
exhibit a selection of artworks painted 'en plein air' in Pyrmont from the early 1980s to about
2017. Most of the works I'll exhibit were painted within a couple of hundred metres from the Festival site.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">I was 'Artist in
Residence' at many locations -Pyrmont Power Station, the CSR
Refinery and Distillery, Pyrmont Goods Yard, the Waterpolice site, Jones
Bay Wharf, Union Square and the top of the half completed Anzac Bridge. </font></span> <br /></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">I had several 'pop-up' studios on and around the area that used to be the festival site. To the west, at the end of Harris st, was the CSR refinery, where I'd set up my easel at the top of the old boilerhouse - later to become the 'Elizabeth' apartment complex of the Jacksons Landing Development. </font></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCypJbGv9spkoJlzT28whI7p3ozyV_4W97jN7vqLzXBz37vmoFB0anvcdlYWOHzwj0UZMK6f6-8wc5N90ZSZw76Ic_kY6VDZ3nGakXgA3avczBwdmF6sot4Dh5dxQMYPkEoO1EfuuiSiCbtcIn0jp_BALZnks9uDDqkIrlUhA9Ge7Xs-Ed2nkkapg/s640/P225A%20The%20Boilerhouse%20C.S.R.%20Refinery%20from%20the%20jetty%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2091x91cm.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="633" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCypJbGv9spkoJlzT28whI7p3ozyV_4W97jN7vqLzXBz37vmoFB0anvcdlYWOHzwj0UZMK6f6-8wc5N90ZSZw76Ic_kY6VDZ3nGakXgA3avczBwdmF6sot4Dh5dxQMYPkEoO1EfuuiSiCbtcIn0jp_BALZnks9uDDqkIrlUhA9Ge7Xs-Ed2nkkapg/w317-h320/P225A%20The%20Boilerhouse%20C.S.R.%20Refinery%20from%20the%20jetty%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2091x91cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">P225A The Boilerhouse CSR Refinery 1991 oil on canvas 91 x 91cm</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /></font></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">Every now and then, I'd even climb onto the roof and paint from the chimneys!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">The painting below shows the old CSR chem labs and McCaffrey's from the base of the chimney. <br /></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgRFslNFFI1kIjpiUoGP1FO4Ymik1gumzFSWQ01ZhrSSfdzXbaJsFmFdMB6RKyQe5dPZoMYKmO4QEkZdKO2II9uImvPCfPm7roLxpBggPPlMVZHXmFzPOVKaydkgs3BYXpUY61nLUOwhCKXQ6_hMCZlMZ8NECPqx-C6562SudCWqz2u2GBgmcKjHE/s640/P250%20Pyrmont%20panorama-%20McCaffery's%20stables%20and%20the%20chem%20labs%20from%20the%20CSR%20%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2031x61cm%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="640" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgRFslNFFI1kIjpiUoGP1FO4Ymik1gumzFSWQ01ZhrSSfdzXbaJsFmFdMB6RKyQe5dPZoMYKmO4QEkZdKO2II9uImvPCfPm7roLxpBggPPlMVZHXmFzPOVKaydkgs3BYXpUY61nLUOwhCKXQ6_hMCZlMZ8NECPqx-C6562SudCWqz2u2GBgmcKjHE/w320-h159/P250%20Pyrmont%20panorama-%20McCaffery's%20stables%20and%20the%20chem%20labs%20from%20the%20CSR%20%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2031x61cm%202.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i>P250 Pyrmont panorama from the CSR 1991 oil on canvas 31 x 61cm</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">I'm really excited to be back after so long, as Pyrmont has changed so much since - from
an industrial ghost town to a media, retail and
entertainment hub. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">The painting below shows the Water Police site, which is now Pirrama Park - the site of next weeks' Festival. <br /></font></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oiPlTeg2MBnWuRyupr6YwQXrZibGhZK09YR93ENtozQt2tsZYdLUKEahc75lyyktuBQExn1fYA-BAeSNoRKI7G89BfW2izO6cD_bRH1IGzL0kHeMbnzL2ye2QXO49VWkDKX3kfMqpdn6f5SgsB0EpmkyX8P7GCC-x62tESWv4XrhazYOaSOs8nkA/s640/P243%20Water%20Police%20site%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2075%20x%20100cm.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont Water Police site from the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="640" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oiPlTeg2MBnWuRyupr6YwQXrZibGhZK09YR93ENtozQt2tsZYdLUKEahc75lyyktuBQExn1fYA-BAeSNoRKI7G89BfW2izO6cD_bRH1IGzL0kHeMbnzL2ye2QXO49VWkDKX3kfMqpdn6f5SgsB0EpmkyX8P7GCC-x62tESWv4XrhazYOaSOs8nkA/w320-h237/P243%20Water%20Police%20site%201991%20oil%20on%20canvas%2075%20x%20100cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont Water Police site from the CSR Refinery by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">P243A Water Police site 1991 oil on canvas 75 x 100cm</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /></font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;">The former Manly ferry, MV Baragoola was moored at the Wharf during the early 1990s. It recently sank at its berth off the Waverton Coal Loader, only a few weeks short of its centenary.<br /></font></span></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Pirrama Park, Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia-33.8634051 151.1925334-62.173638936178847 116.0362834 -5.5531712638211559 -173.6512166tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-42000244172164133672022-01-13T15:37:00.000+11:002022-01-13T15:37:01.182+11:00Tipping Point -MV Baragoola<div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i></i></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
</i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span>From the 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway</span></span></i></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">Another version of "Hemingway's Law of Motion " is by the economist Rudiger
Dornbusch:<br /></span></span></span></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"The crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought."</span></i></span> </blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">It's a common human failing that we rarely act until a crisis happens.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The initial effects happen gradually.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drip by drip.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not a problem...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Until it is.<br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One day 'Gradually' will always become 'suddenly'. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the tipping point.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will leave it to others to recount the long, troubled history of the MV Baragoola.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The best account I've found is in an article in the <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/manly-daily/former-manly-ferry-baragoola-sinks-just-shy-of-her-100th-birthday/news-story/c2641af82bc5884b8dcf594f2d68ae05" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manly Daily</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlEk57EjpqWg1c5lKlE0C4r91hEKmIuGUAS4HOkH1Wm1Taqf5Ey25szymZz5JWywitzk_VeD5yg2V1KnDF4TvIwRNYr7ZWifpqBLxW7H5-vz8rwy8bqPMSb30t264EIGV7095Zo2pgxHkFx2LBH7oWb9kNVsFknTWuw6oqDmSRQGAY11bVZeiHW37S=s600" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlEk57EjpqWg1c5lKlE0C4r91hEKmIuGUAS4HOkH1Wm1Taqf5Ey25szymZz5JWywitzk_VeD5yg2V1KnDF4TvIwRNYr7ZWifpqBLxW7H5-vz8rwy8bqPMSb30t264EIGV7095Zo2pgxHkFx2LBH7oWb9kNVsFknTWuw6oqDmSRQGAY11bVZeiHW37S=w400-h266" title="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Half finished panorama of Sydney Harbour from the Baragoola 20th February 2016 oil on canvas 31 x 153cm Against the staircase of MV Baragoola<br /></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About 6 or 7 years ago I was invited to paint on board by one of the members of the Baragoola Preservation Society. He talked about the possibility of holding an exhibition with the proceeds being used to help fund repairs. The ship was in obvious need of massive amounts of work, but at the time, </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the volunteers</span></span> seemed to have enthusiasm and a sense of purpose.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKs2PTRbD7DEAdEcYfMcMG9WZ52xSGZIDXUqfo6etsiyDXLb42kzaNRIVnZZC41iEXhOGsTm_m_PWK8rQjgA0FxjiF4YSbZ1yR9eCTaTtJV5XIVcMBBL7NaXLYPJ-yvKHLlfA8vmmy5WHrF1ClQHsQm2XQu8jdivsdP_QC5DR8FeKsXzxVR4Kap8Dm=s600" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKs2PTRbD7DEAdEcYfMcMG9WZ52xSGZIDXUqfo6etsiyDXLb42kzaNRIVnZZC41iEXhOGsTm_m_PWK8rQjgA0FxjiF4YSbZ1yR9eCTaTtJV5XIVcMBBL7NaXLYPJ-yvKHLlfA8vmmy5WHrF1ClQHsQm2XQu8jdivsdP_QC5DR8FeKsXzxVR4Kap8Dm=w400-h266" title="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Half finished panorama of Sydney Harbour from the Baragoola 20th February 2016 oil on canvas 31 x 153cm</b></i></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the last painting<i><b> </b></i>I started on board the Baragoola, before her change of ownership<i><b>.</b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSMudrvT5lQHpkdt_vkEFQaD-dyHUmAZ1QD4miWsIG1QLvJAxOpdc7ORVxHAIG1lDqTsVPcLdy4tewMydnCnelaiF_OcXlZtd71wJkHBm8EVRLNbZG_ejvFOGVj5iTkgCh1HYtq5fn15y2ZU5FJM5vKEIjt174MH2M6WijQuiRVocV2a9hB0TFXbZ6=s600" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSMudrvT5lQHpkdt_vkEFQaD-dyHUmAZ1QD4miWsIG1QLvJAxOpdc7ORVxHAIG1lDqTsVPcLdy4tewMydnCnelaiF_OcXlZtd71wJkHBm8EVRLNbZG_ejvFOGVj5iTkgCh1HYtq5fn15y2ZU5FJM5vKEIjt174MH2M6WijQuiRVocV2a9hB0TFXbZ6=w400-h300" title="Plein air painting of Sydney Harbour from the ferry MV Baragoola by maritime artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>The artist painting a half finished panorama of Sydney Harbour from the Baragoola 20th February 2016 oil on canvas 31 x 153cm</b></i></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></b></i></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b></b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A couple of years later I finally returned after dealing with a serious illness in the family, to find a change of regime. Instead of the previous volunteers there was someone described variously as either the new </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"shipkeeper" or "owner".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ship was in a far more dilapidated condition and the gangplank was frankly dangerous with loose and missing </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">railings</span></span>. <br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was welcomed at first, then gradually the behaviour of those on board became strange and then alarming. I desperately wanted to remove my paintings and easel, but I would have needed help across the ricketty gangplank- and I knew I wouldn't get any.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The terrible condition of the vessel and gangplank as well as my reservations about the attitude and behaviour of the recent occupants made it
impossible for me to ever return to the vessel to retrieve my belongings<i><b>. </b></i>I wondered at first if I was over-reacting- until I asked several people if they could escort me back on the vessel, and they all refused, saying they wouldn't be game to set foot on board.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I kept hoping that people with expertise and unlimited funding would one day take control, but knew that this wasn't going to happen.<i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The half-finished canvas above, as well as my easels, paint and many other canvases went down with the ship.<i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">T<span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en">he
mooring lines still hold parts of it in place, while the weight
of water, tide and debris pulls the rest away.</span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I paint the wreck from the Coal Loader</span></span></span></span> and the Cape Don, I watch my old canvases lap against the boom with the other flotsam.</span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></span></span><br /></b></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc"></span></span></b></i></span></span></p><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."</span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">The last line from the 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald</span></span></i></span></span></div></blockquote>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com010 Balls Head Dr, Waverton NSW 2060, Australia-33.8440742 151.1937866-62.154308036178847 116.03753660000001 -5.533840363821156 -173.6499634tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-47326110317859648452022-01-10T22:19:00.001+11:002022-01-11T22:08:17.596+11:00Vale Baragoola<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Part of Australia's maritime history has been lost forever when the <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">MV Baragoola,</span></span></span> the last Sydney built Manly ferry, finally sank at her mooring at the Coal Loader Wharf, Waverton. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Sadly the ferry was only a couple of weeks short of her centenary. </div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">She was built in Balmain and <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">launched at Morts Dock on 14 February, 1922</span></span></span> for the Circular Quay to Manly service. <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Originally a steamer, she was converted to diesel-electric in 1961 and</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> was retired in 1983</span></span></span>. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">For nearly 20 years she was at various moorings around Pyrmont and Blackwattle Bay.<br /></div></div></div></div></span>This is a canvas I painted in 1991 from the top floor of the tablet House of the
CSR Refinery (now Jackson's Landing). The MV Baragoola is on the left hand
side next to Wharf 22-23, which was demolished shortly after I finished
this painting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1ujIa5SyMh5rP8YUUxIWVY0X5y7pA3xPZ034CQNHqhN5x_4iPGgSKxElPwZpAjb1l98aJfBz3bnXm6xZ1U_YTHIK7NHuMkcddT9AEycRgTnqE0m0UCHpeg0McJ5YXdbBdRTfDKGowN9Ay_c43Tcn-AB7n4srtuboneg5NIIR3xV2doqJ30KAer8wp=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Manly ferry MV Baragoola at Pyrmont Point painted by maritime heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1ujIa5SyMh5rP8YUUxIWVY0X5y7pA3xPZ034CQNHqhN5x_4iPGgSKxElPwZpAjb1l98aJfBz3bnXm6xZ1U_YTHIK7NHuMkcddT9AEycRgTnqE0m0UCHpeg0McJ5YXdbBdRTfDKGowN9Ay_c43Tcn-AB7n4srtuboneg5NIIR3xV2doqJ30KAer8wp=w400-h296" title="Plein air oil painting of Manly ferry MV Baragoola at Pyrmont Point painted by maritime heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><br /><br /><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />P243A 'Baragoola and the Water Police painted from the Tablet House of the CSR' 1991 oil on canvas 75 x 100cm</span></span></b></i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Since
2003, she has been laid up at Balls Head Bay on the north side of
Sydney Harbour as attempts to restore the vessel continued.</span></span></span><i><b> <br /></b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGJp98D1ykPxDpHu1w1CyGmF58YTwqnxgRvJ4u6knpVMz_QFnkEdT9C9gHDpxZYc2Z5Yqu5rigRpvmAPuHAFI4aA7GLUMHo1sZGXs1IGWeliYrBIXnwFt6PCIbv5a91EeY6bQ9s7xs14GfXJnr7YXSwhIBw0vp8Gjs95BS7_0d5PjtqZj0mdzsKtF=s800" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the MV Baragoola and the Cape Don at the Coal Loader wharf painted by maritime heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGJp98D1ykPxDpHu1w1CyGmF58YTwqnxgRvJ4u6knpVMz_QFnkEdT9C9gHDpxZYc2Z5Yqu5rigRpvmAPuHAFI4aA7GLUMHo1sZGXs1IGWeliYrBIXnwFt6PCIbv5a91EeY6bQ9s7xs14GfXJnr7YXSwhIBw0vp8Gjs95BS7_0d5PjtqZj0mdzsKtF=w400-h198" title="Plein air oil painting of the MV Baragoola and the Cape Don at the Coal Loader wharf painted by maritime heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>S122 'Cape Don + Baragoola' 2019 oil on canvas 91 x 183cm</b></i></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a large panorama I painted from the Coal Loader in 2019 showing the Cape Don in the foreground.</span></span> <br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a contrast with the wreckage I painted recently!</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivhSLbDIf3vxAfmQgBjdnEaSXVhqKeczetZXr1yGWU8iE_8EBqoeDwbHbd02-_qmbMEKeRzVZA73y50QFItThP6lW7BJgJJl1hTe_e_3hW0X6Dj1rf9sEcx-YA0uwR93aykrx3gw5pY2ND8UbK5qHaWmbrML9HcE5gMKNvgt1udSI-5HjU7OuAJ9wP=s800" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jane Bennett, maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader, en plein air" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivhSLbDIf3vxAfmQgBjdnEaSXVhqKeczetZXr1yGWU8iE_8EBqoeDwbHbd02-_qmbMEKeRzVZA73y50QFItThP6lW7BJgJJl1hTe_e_3hW0X6Dj1rf9sEcx-YA0uwR93aykrx3gw5pY2ND8UbK5qHaWmbrML9HcE5gMKNvgt1udSI-5HjU7OuAJ9wP=w400-h300" title="Jane Bennett, maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader, en plein air" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>The artist painting the wreck of MV Baragoola </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>(Photo taken by Catherine Atherton)</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Over the last few decades of her life, many people volunteered to attempt to save Baragoola. <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3BzQjswGB1X1QKq3eY22U5767BQK__ItXDLNleCZI800tqvD2tFiHE8MuZRTd-lQGqPl5vuR0ioGP60UXCLzD_PCpgC8p6fMDWP3VicZVWWTdIc8Ak8F8zeuNY7o2Hdtva3gno5VQ2tjVdlnkZmBWQs70JFFWZhQ-fGd2YBRzWy1gIA9tj6zpx37F=s800" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img a="" ago="" alt="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" and="" attempts="" border="0" but="" changed="" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" deteriorated="" few="" for="" headway="" height="266" make="" noticeably.="" ownership="" restoration="" seemed="" ship="" some="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3BzQjswGB1X1QKq3eY22U5767BQK__ItXDLNleCZI800tqvD2tFiHE8MuZRTd-lQGqPl5vuR0ioGP60UXCLzD_PCpgC8p6fMDWP3VicZVWWTdIc8Ak8F8zeuNY7o2Hdtva3gno5VQ2tjVdlnkZmBWQs70JFFWZhQ-fGd2YBRzWy1gIA9tj6zpx37F=w400-h266" the="" title="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" to="" while="" width="400" years="" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b>Painting wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader 31 x 61cm</b></i></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5NR8LO7YTK6c4jhyHCOEiyKOe74Uh44T4fGIAv9-z0XGh3gVWhiPaTonZm2z71DGi3Fo9pVazTNgcu-DkoWqTajrSnJ_IHEePYaiz_EHPSjaMJ6uv8tooA-fZQDKwI9bLSyiWlL9YfGEF-pDWOEX0xvESzgqSVg5dVQi1cvoloK54qC4Cv-B7qHzE=w400-h266" title="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b>Painting wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader 31 x 61cm and 45 x 92cm<br /></b></i></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">For a while restoration attempts seemed to make some headway, but a few
years ago the ownership changed and the ship deteriorated noticeably.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Unfortunately it became increasingly obvious that her fate was inevitable. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUXS1_FOWAhWM8aHXXdu8AHQsW6RoySBlEbaSTL8NVRzgbMIa7VDen-87yDMq3PymdaSxff2b0-s2dDHPh0CchDIS1e_DUs-F_PMaB7lmKdETIOEBt1oKIbiGWsIiwcE73_o3yiPePwANObsHI267s8d1ZPRldBoP6TYsdMMxcQ6ggiZhXXT-wHxt7=s800" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="800" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUXS1_FOWAhWM8aHXXdu8AHQsW6RoySBlEbaSTL8NVRzgbMIa7VDen-87yDMq3PymdaSxff2b0-s2dDHPh0CchDIS1e_DUs-F_PMaB7lmKdETIOEBt1oKIbiGWsIiwcE73_o3yiPePwANObsHI267s8d1ZPRldBoP6TYsdMMxcQ6ggiZhXXT-wHxt7=w400-h196" title="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b>Painting wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader 31 x 61cm</b></i></b></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b> </b></i></b></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b> </b></i></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYHbt5CDcKz0L4qJ0ASSiDuU0D2ntgE65Fov-R7uidtrqGfUxG2Wlh0BkPnw51B8bkFBcjhM4kXOImmUBgreJo8U3HFtZwFtUKACJBv-6KyEGTvsJK8EQhVF34lpSv5JztyDe7YxEmoTxBTBFGrFJbhTcJpEdOdqTikmDaiTq6KyOzwf8dkohyYArL=s800" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="800" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYHbt5CDcKz0L4qJ0ASSiDuU0D2ntgE65Fov-R7uidtrqGfUxG2Wlh0BkPnw51B8bkFBcjhM4kXOImmUBgreJo8U3HFtZwFtUKACJBv-6KyEGTvsJK8EQhVF34lpSv5JztyDe7YxEmoTxBTBFGrFJbhTcJpEdOdqTikmDaiTq6KyOzwf8dkohyYArL=w400-h199" title="Jane Bennett,maritime artist, painting the wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b>Painting wreck of MV Baragoola from the Coal Loader 45 x 92cm</b></i></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /> </span><i><b> <br /></b></i></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b> <br /></b></i></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div>
Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com010 Balls Head Dr, Waverton NSW 2060, Australia-33.8440742 151.1937866-62.311014619548004 116.03753660000001 -5.3771337804519952 -173.6499634tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-70888040786976951852021-08-02T17:34:00.001+10:002021-08-02T17:34:52.153+10:00Half Nuts<div style="text-align: left;"> I'm sure this title will resonate with most people's feelings at the moment!</div><div style="text-align: left;">"Half nuts" certainly isn't too far from my current state of mind, so I thought this would be an appropriate painting to resume my Covid lockdown gallery on the deck.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5At8icHuows/YQeZc-F5wfI/AAAAAAAAYrI/aKghBeb8fggx3sJ0CwuS0ixPGoPs4lUEACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/low%2Bres%2B2-8-21%2BE132B%2BHalf%2Bnuts%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B20%2Bx%2B25cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Still life oil painting of industrial heritage tools from Eveleigh Railway Workshops by Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5At8icHuows/YQeZc-F5wfI/AAAAAAAAYrI/aKghBeb8fggx3sJ0CwuS0ixPGoPs4lUEACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/low%2Bres%2B2-8-21%2BE132B%2BHalf%2Bnuts%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B20%2Bx%2B25cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" title="Still life oil painting of industrial heritage tools from Eveleigh Railway Workshops by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>E132B Half nuts 2017 oil on canvas 20 x 25cm </b></i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">However the title should really be "Half-inch nuts"! <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This small canvas of rusty old oil cans, was from a series of still life studies painted in the Large Erecting Shop of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The inscriptions in the background of half, three quarter, five eighths and seven eighth inch nuts, were on a tool box in front of a work cabinet. Needless to say, none of the sections contained any nuts at all, so it was a brave but doomed attempt to impose some sort of order into an assortment of motley widgets. People had obviously been putting tools back into whatever came to hand for quite some time.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During lockdown, I've been making a half-hearted attempt to organize my own shed and sort the useful items from the potentially useful, and the downright rubbish that mysteriously accumulates. I hopefully attach labels as I go, then cross them out if I have too many widgets or not enough. If there's anything that doesn't fit in an obvious category, but isn't quite rusty or broken enough to toss out, I put it in a large wooden box labelled "half nuts" in honour of my time at Eveleigh.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Related Posts</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2019/08/no-brake.html" target="_blank">Oils ain't oils </a><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/sign-of-times.html" target="_blank">Shadowboard</a></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/03/ghost-train.html" target="_blank">Ghost Train </a></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/revenant.html" target="_blank">Revenant </a></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/nocturne-painting-locomotive-3642.html" target="_blank">Nocturne - painting steam locomotive 3642</a></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/38s-are-great-mate.html" target="_blank">38's are great, mate </a></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/07/windows-of-soul.html" target="_blank">Charge your battery </a></span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/05/scar-tissue.html" target="_blank">Scar Tissue </a></span></span></b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia-33.8953304 151.1929222-62.205564236178844 116.0366722 -5.5850965638211534 -173.6508278tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-86264195318581791102020-09-02T22:20:00.001+10:002020-11-22T20:31:22.995+11:00Castle on a hill<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Today's painting on the deck gallery was a panorama of Ways Terrace painted in 1994, when Pyrmont was a work in progress. </font></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Ways Terrace is located at 12-20 Point Street, and is now known more prosaically as the Point Street flats.</font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91dDa-L2z8g/X0-KYID56uI/AAAAAAAAYPk/071einEm9r8XUbAgLv352nHtCZpPtzXvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2391/2-9-20%2BP98%2BWays%2BTerrace%2B1994%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B41x122cm%2B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="2391" height="148" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91dDa-L2z8g/X0-KYID56uI/AAAAAAAAYPk/071einEm9r8XUbAgLv352nHtCZpPtzXvwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h148/2-9-20%2BP98%2BWays%2BTerrace%2B1994%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B41x122cm%2B.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">P98 Ways Terrace 1994 oil on board 41 x 122cm<br /></span></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></font></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font> </font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font> </font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font> </font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>For nearly two decades, Ways Terrace was the sole occupant of the Point Street hilltop.</font><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>
A castle on a hill, with a commanding position, precariously positioned on a rocky outcrop towering over the surrounding land.</font></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjQaq_Y4aWs/XxLUqlhmOBI/AAAAAAAAX0o/o-sfk5Zg6P0bb2Wke6lR6tXnlGKVd2z9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/P36%2B%2527Ways%2Bterrace%2Bfrom%2BLower%2BJones%2BBay%2BRoad%2527%2B1993%2Bink%2Bon%2Bpaper%2B31%2Bx%2B41cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air ink & wash drawing of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="600" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjQaq_Y4aWs/XxLUqlhmOBI/AAAAAAAAX0o/o-sfk5Zg6P0bb2Wke6lR6tXnlGKVd2z9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h304/P36%2B%2527Ways%2Bterrace%2Bfrom%2BLower%2BJones%2BBay%2BRoad%2527%2B1993%2Bink%2Bon%2Bpaper%2B31%2Bx%2B41cm.jpg" title="Plein air ink & wash drawing of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr></tbody></table></font></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>
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</font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">P36 'Ways terrace from Lower Jones Bay Road' <br /></span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1993 ink on paper 31 x 41cm </span></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com">Available for sale</a></span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However it is neither the rumoured birthplace of King Arthur, a crusader castle nor a Walt Disney fairytale castle, but Housing Commission flats. Many battles have been fought there, but they have involved residents and squatters against developers, residents against various government and semi-government departments, and old residents against new residents. These battles more often featured guerrilla tactics and ferocious political manoeuvering so they have remained uncelebrated in myth and legend.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The "moat" was the railway cutting. Then a second line of defence was excavated when CRI demolished the pretty flower garden planted by Karen and other residents, leaving a gaping wound of bare sandstone. After the 1987 stock market crash, CRI went bankrupt but their legacy of a hole in the ground remained for 15 years.<br /> Two skeletons of dead trees atop a mound stood like an accusing two fingered salute pointing skyward in defiance.<br /> The hole filled with water, becoming a moat to the Ways Terrace “castle” & attracted ducks & pelicans.</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>
</font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BydTTvEuOKs/XxLVOXLPEEI/AAAAAAAAX0w/qPrsDk7jLbAfyihL-CZFp9p7_BmG6fczgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/P86%2BNight%252CWays%2BTerrace%2B%2B%2B1994%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B91%2Bx%2B61%2Bcm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting nocturne of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="408" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BydTTvEuOKs/XxLVOXLPEEI/AAAAAAAAX0w/qPrsDk7jLbAfyihL-CZFp9p7_BmG6fczgCLcBGAsYHQ/w273-h400/P86%2BNight%252CWays%2BTerrace%2B%2B%2B1994%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B91%2Bx%2B61%2Bcm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting nocturne of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" width="273" /></a></div></font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b>P86 Night,Ways Terrace 1994 </b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b>oil on canvas 91 x 61 cm</b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></font></span></span></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></font></span></span> </b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></b></i></font></span></span> </font></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Ways Terrace was designed by notable architect Professor Leslie Wilkinson in association with architect Joseph Fowell and submitted for the Sydney City Council's Housing Project Competition in 1923, which it won. </font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>The land had become available after the completion of the construction of the Jones Bay finger wharves and their associated waterfront roadway, Jones Bay Road. The housing formerly on the land in the vicinity had been resumed by the government for wharf purposes and demolished except for a few individual buildings. Ways Terrace marked when the original working class housing was displaced by industrial and commercial development, followed by a concerted government endeavour to resettle residents in better quality accommodation. </font></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>It </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>dramatically contrasts </font></span></span>how the government attitude to low cost housing in Sydney has changed from the early twentieth century to a century later.</font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEiZ_8DmL2s/XxLV377bZCI/AAAAAAAAX04/j1Z0Mq9lC-4nH5iTPbRcE0mpz26BRkCjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/P98%2BWays%2BTerrace%2B1994%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B41x122cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="1000" height="130" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEiZ_8DmL2s/XxLV377bZCI/AAAAAAAAX04/j1Z0Mq9lC-4nH5iTPbRcE0mpz26BRkCjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h130/P98%2BWays%2BTerrace%2B1994%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B41x122cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Ways Terrace in Pyrmont by artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">P98 Ways Terrace 1994 oil on board 41 x 122cm<br /></span></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></font></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Available for sale</a></b></i></font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Ways Terrace is a four storey rendered brick apartment block</font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>, located prominently on the skyline,</font></span></span></font></span></span> in a series of five cubic blocks which step down the hillside. </font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Leslie </font></span></span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Wilkinson was a leading exponent of </font></span></span>inter-war Mediterranean design, &</font></span></span> </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>this building is a key element of the Pyrmont cityscape. </font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>I
always tried to pin down what it reminded me of. Finally when I visited
Florence, I realized how similar in style it was to the structures
built on the bridge over the Arno.</font></span></span></font></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>The Florentine character of Ways Terrace is established by the protruding balconies in the form of loggias & the </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>trellised</font></span></span> uppermost level of balconies. </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Plain rendered surfaces cast strong shadows. Windows are rectangular and multiple paned. Round arched openings define the entrance doors & </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>there is a dramatic arched bridge over a laneway to the rear (the Ways Terrace street). </font></span></span></font></span></span>The building has shallow pitched, terracotta tiled gable roofs with wide eaves. </font></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font> </font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>Related Posts</font></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><br /></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2012/04/pyrmont-sandstone-lizards-of-oz.html" target="_blank"><b>Pyrmont Sandstone - The Lizards of Oz</b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b> </b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2012/12/union-square-cat.html" target="_blank"><b>Black Cat of Union Square </b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b> </b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-old-milkbar-74-harris-street.html" target="_blank"><b>The Milky Bar Kid </b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b> </b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-like-sheep-waite-and-bull-building.html" target="_blank">We Like Sheep</a> </b><br /></font></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font>
</font></span></span>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com020 Point St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia-33.865961357568565 151.19360089302063-33.866785357568567 151.19236689302062 -33.865137357568564 151.19483489302064tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-56055432306053404222020-08-30T22:55:00.001+10:002020-11-22T20:32:18.299+11:00Heavy Lifting<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oV3Fyd3qw3Q/X0ugE7NbdGI/AAAAAAAAYOE/9ZwAuVI8pJQvbYBxRKy8Wn3WcIynIRTvACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/29-8-20%2BDH143%2B%2BPreparing%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bboat%2Blift%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B92%2Bx%2B122cm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of crane lifting a boat at the Hungry Mile, East Darling harbour Wharves painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oV3Fyd3qw3Q/X0ugE7NbdGI/AAAAAAAAYOE/9ZwAuVI8pJQvbYBxRKy8Wn3WcIynIRTvACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h267/29-8-20%2BDH143%2B%2BPreparing%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bboat%2Blift%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B92%2Bx%2B122cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of crane lifting a boat at the Hungry Mile, East Darling harbour Wharves painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">DH143 Preparing for a boat lift <br />2007 oil on canvas 92 x 122cm </span></span></b></i><br /><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Available for sale</span></b></i></a></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's painting on my easel on the deck gallery was a large canvas painted during my stint as "Artist in Residence" at the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">East Darling Harbour Wharves</span></span></span></span>. Very few container ships were docked at the East Darling Harbour Wharves - in its last
5 years of operations most went to Botany, which handled container or "boxes" only. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">East Darling Harbour Wharves specialized in b</span></span></span></span></span></span>reak bulk cargo -</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> items that can’t be transported by container, sometimes </span></span>resulting in a diverse & rather incongruous payload. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sand,
salt, gypsum was bagged or piled in gleaming unstable mounds on the wharf.
Rolls of steel, pipes & timber lengths for construction were stacked
in piles inside the sheds. Cars, vans, trucks, forklifts, excavators<span> </span>& agricultural machinery were driven down
the ramps of the Ro-ros at breakneck speed as though the wharfies were auditioning
for yet another remake of ‘the Italian Job’ or the ‘Fast & the Furious”,
& then parked in neat rows until they were lifted or driven onto B-doubles.</span></span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A
selection of excavators, mining or agricultural machinery and the ubiquitous
rolls of steel coils would lie for weeks inside the sheds. Luxurious 'hot-water' boats, most of which were larger than my
house and definitely cost more, were nonchalantly lifted off the ships & dangled from the cranes like giant earrings. Some of these boats were so enormous that they looked almost capable of carrying the
ship that brought them. There were even more oddball items such as helicopters, train
carriages, yachts & caravans. And one unforgettable afternoon<span> </span>a couple of horses broke free while being
unloaded from their box and had to be caught and restabled, turning the wharf
into a wild west show.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JwPleU52a2Q/X0uWkywap1I/AAAAAAAAYN4/67AkRqkSRLI1WXUdw8eiEDCZpxlI0fC7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BDH143%2B%2BPreparing%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bboat%2Blift%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B92%2Bx%2B122cm%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of crane lifting a boat at the Hungry Mile, East Darling harbour Wharves painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="800" height="296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JwPleU52a2Q/X0uWkywap1I/AAAAAAAAYN4/67AkRqkSRLI1WXUdw8eiEDCZpxlI0fC7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h296/web%2BDH143%2B%2BPreparing%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bboat%2Blift%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B92%2Bx%2B122cm%2B2.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of crane lifting a boat at the Hungry Mile, East Darling harbour Wharves painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">DH143 Preparing for a boat lift <br />2007 oil on canvas 92 x 122cm </span></span></b></i><br /><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Available for sale</span></b></i></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><b><br /></b></i></span><i><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </span></b></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>This canvas was painted from the centre of the area between the Patrick
offices in Shed 5, looking north towards Shed 4, with the western end of
Balmain in the background. The huge white shed of White Bay can be seen in the
background in the gap between the crane & the boat that has just been unloaded.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The giant vermilion crane, “L3” is bathed in clear morning light, poised
with its pink spreader aloft in mid air. It had just placed the boats on wooden
structures known as “Nafis” so they could be hooked up to one of the 2 rather
elderly forklifts to be positioned on the wharf<span> </span>until they were transferred onto a B-double
truck & delivered to a marina. I asked whether the term ‘Nafi’ was an
abbreviation or a brand name, or anything to do with the naval term 'Naafi" but nobody on the wharf seemed to know the origin
of the word. Like many other items on the wharf, the Nafis were brightly
painted, mostly in primary colours, but here there is an orange one on the left
hand side & a green one on the left.<span>
</span>There were random clusters of them stacked neatly one on top of the
other all over the wharf. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The unnaturalistic colours of the machinery added to the pervasive feeling of living
inside a Jeffrey Smart painting. The maintenance workers, who serviced the
cranes & forklifts, always wore bright orange overalls, of exactly the same
hue as the witches hats. I know that none of it was arranged deliberately to
help me compose my painting, but there was a pleasing compositional triangle of
the orange –clothed workman striding purposefully away from the orange sled,
with the orange witches hat in the foreground. The spreader directly above his
head also has a matching orange “A” shaped crane attachment, although to strike
a discordant note, its framework is a teeth-jarring shade of pink. The reds,
pinks & oranges of the machinery stand out strongly against the large
expanse of clear pale blue sky & matching strip of sea are interrupted by
the sap green of the trees of Balmain in the background. </span>Oddly, the
completed painting has the poise and compositional balance of Jeffrey Smart and
Edward Hopper, although painted under infinitely more trying circumstances than
a neat white studio. Although large & complex, this was a pure plein air painting- totally painted outdoors,
no photography, no tricks. Just the culmination of a lifetime of observation. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>It was an eye-opening experience to be able to see first-hand, how much
work & how many people have to be involved in providing goods that we take
for granted.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>This was painted in September 2007, in the last few weeks of East
Darling Harbour Wharves activity as an operational wharf. The following week,
all three shore cranes were repainted in the yellow & white colours of AT
& T livery, prior to being moved onto a barge & towed to their new
homes in Webb Dock, Melbourne & Port Kembla.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Related Posts </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/hungry-mile-and-barangaroo-paintings.html" target="_blank">My Hungry Mile page in this blog</a> <br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/millers-point-from-top-of-harbour.html" target="_blank">Millers Point from the top of the Harbour Control Tower </a><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/08/crane-east-darling-harbour-wharves.html" target="_blank">Crane, East Darling Harbour Wharves</a> <br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/08/norfolk-guardian.html" target="_blank"><b>Norfolk Guardian</b></a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/painting-svitzer-tug-wonga-in-sydney.html" target="_blank"><b>Painting the Svitzer tug Wonga </b></a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-triumph-of-machines.html" target="_blank"><b>Triumph of the machines </b></a><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-66956291675514712752020-08-28T20:58:00.002+10:002020-11-22T20:33:16.685+11:00Norfolk Guardian <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's painting on my deck gallery is a diptych of an unusual visitor to the East Darling Harbour Wharves.</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"><span class="lazyload-wrapper">I spent most of the early 2000s as ‘Artist in Residence’ on the East Darling Harbour Wharves before its redevelopment into Barangaroo. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"><span class="lazyload-wrapper">One day in 2005 I arrived very early on a calm clear morning & a couple of wharfies grabbed me as I signed in.They were very excited & yelled “Quick, get your easel, you must paint the Norfolk Guardian- you don’t see ships like this every day!” </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"><span class="lazyload-wrapper">A smallish vessel was docking at Wharf 5. It had an oddly shaped crane in its centre, which I later found out was known as a ‘derrick’ crane as it looked similar to the old fashioned oil rigs. A Derrick ship’s crane is a relic of the past, harking back to the days before containerization forced uniformity of ship design & changed their lines from sleek to squat & boxy. <br />The luminous peach tones of the horizon meeting the skyline of Goat Island & the northern suburbs in the background harmonized with the butter yellow ship's crane & sky blue hull, making an odd contrast with the heavy industrial subject matter. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="lazyload-wrapper"><span class="lazyload-wrapper">I watched the complex interplay of the ship's crane with the shore crane with a mixture of fascination & trepidation as rows of pipes were unloaded with consummate skill.<br />I didn't know how long I'd have to paint it before it left, so I added an extra canvas to the original one, making the total image a square. </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9A8iFPdcVc/X0jX3T5JBMI/AAAAAAAAYMk/AjxBWBneSAAaVvHnAg2lNGShPJbWB7-swCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BDH34A-B%2527The%2BNorfolk%2BGuardian%2BDiptych%2B%2527%2B-%2B2005-%2Beach%2Bpanel%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B91%2Bx%2B46%2Bcm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Islander ship Norfolk Guardian unloading at East Darling Harbour Wharves painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9A8iFPdcVc/X0jX3T5JBMI/AAAAAAAAYMk/AjxBWBneSAAaVvHnAg2lNGShPJbWB7-swCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h398/web%2BDH34A-B%2527The%2BNorfolk%2BGuardian%2BDiptych%2B%2527%2B-%2B2005-%2Beach%2Bpanel%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B91%2Bx%2B46%2Bcm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Islander ship Norfolk Guardian unloading at East Darling Harbour Wharves painted by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>DH34A-B'The Norfolk Guardian Diptych' 2005</b></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <br /> </span></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><br /> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>each panel oil on canvas 91 x 46 cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Available for sale </a></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The M.V. Norfolk Guardian (IMO: 8600856) is a General Cargo that was built in 1987, sailing under the flag of Tonga, & freighting break bulk cargo to Norfolk Island, New Zealand & the South Pacific. Ports of call include Norfolk Island, Auckland, Lyttleton & Marsden Point, Tasmania. Transhipments can be arranged to various destinations in the South Pacific, including Samoa, Fiji, etc. <br />Cargo handled by the Norfolk Guardian includes: general cargo, hazardous goods, freezer/cooler, hardwood poles, sawn timber, processed timber products. <br />They also ship Personal Effects from Norfolk Island & New Zealand to Yamba, Australia.</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Break
bulk" is a term used for products which can't be transported in
containers. It includes a wide mix of articles- from salt, gypsum, cement to
timber, steel coils and heavy machinery as well as cars, trucks and boats.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About 50 years ago, the containerization
of shipping modified the wharves dramatically & transformed port cities beyond recognition.<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The humble shipping container isn't just a metal box - it created the world as we
know it today.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once goods were loaded and transported around the world as "break bulk" cargo. Container standardization revolutionized global trade, making it easier, quicker and cheaper. However,with the advent of the container, some of the mystery & magic of the
shipping industry was lost forever.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">John
Crowley, the Port Operations Manager, used to describe the East Darling Harbour
Wharves (aka Port Jackson) as a ‘boutique’ wharf. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Port Botany is built on a
superhuman scale and only deals with containers, so is huge, homogeneous and
increasingly run by robots. Port Jackson, on the other hand, had a mix of
break-bulk & containers & therefore was more dependent on the personal
skills and judgement of the individual wharf workers. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Islander ships are
dwarfed by the container ships & totally unsuitable for the huge
computerized straddle cranes of Port Botany. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now that the East Darling Harbour
Wharves are closed, most "break bulk" is unloaded at Port Kembla,
although Blackwattle Bay and to an increasingly lesser extent Glebe Island and
White Bay still handle salt, cement and gypsum. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Related Posts </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/hungry-mile-and-barangaroo-paintings.html" target="_blank"><b>My Hungry Mile page in this blog </b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2010/07/barangaroosydney-painting-maersk.html" target="_blank"><b>End of an era - Maersk Gateshead </b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2016/08/ivory-tower.html" target="_blank"><b>Last of the Hungry Mile </b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/barangaroo-tabula-rasa.html" target="_blank"><b>Barangaroo - Tabula Rasa </b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/08/crane-east-darling-harbour-wharves.html" target="_blank"><b>Crane, East Darling Harbour Wharves </b></a><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Barangaroo NSW 2000, Australia-33.8637941 151.2022304-62.174027936178845 116.04598039999999 -5.5535602638211543 -173.64151960000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-22701353533279148062020-08-17T22:11:00.005+10:002020-11-22T20:36:48.005+11:00Ground Zero<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>wake up<br /> look around<br /> memorise what you see<br /> it may be gone tomorrow<br /> everything changes. Someday<br /> there will be nothing but what is remembered<br /> there may be no-one to remember it.<br /> Keep moving<br /> wherever you stand is ground zero<br /> a moving target is harder to hit</i><br /><br /><i>"Ground Zero" by Michael Dransfield </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's painting on my deck gallery is yet another canvas celebrating something that no longer exists & probably remembered by very few.</span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sThNm-AmVe4/Xzpra4dClgI/AAAAAAAAYKQ/O2RgeBeaMSE_ze_lh7qkstG7NzMPSxthwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1960/17-8-20%2BAGL38%2B%2527CWG%2BBuilding%2BAGL%2BSite%252C%2BMortlake%2527%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75x100%2Bcm.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sThNm-AmVe4/Xzpra4dClgI/AAAAAAAAYKQ/O2RgeBeaMSE_ze_lh7qkstG7NzMPSxthwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/17-8-20%2BAGL38%2B%2527CWG%2BBuilding%2BAGL%2BSite%252C%2BMortlake%2527%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75x100%2Bcm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>AGL38 'AGL Site, Mortlake' 2004 <br />oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm<br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In 1884, the Australian Gas Light Company purchased 32 hectares of land at Mortlake and began gas production there on the 23rd May 1886. <br />The A.G.L. Gasworks at Mortlake boasted grandiose structures modelled on the Beckton Works in East London. It was probably no coincidence that the engineer in charge of works, Thomas Bush, had previously been employed at Beckton.<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaD8VeHJM7E/X0zpDI9ToHI/AAAAAAAAYO4/qiRnFc0sFSkipJRJ7XgvjiKuOPxdO7iAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/AGL38%2B%2527CWG%2BBuilding%2BAGL%2BSite%252C%2BMortlake%2527%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75x100%2Bcm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="800" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaD8VeHJM7E/X0zpDI9ToHI/AAAAAAAAYO4/qiRnFc0sFSkipJRJ7XgvjiKuOPxdO7iAwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/AGL38%2B%2527CWG%2BBuilding%2BAGL%2BSite%252C%2BMortlake%2527%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75x100%2Bcm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>AGL38 'AGL Site, Mortlake' 2004 </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The company had operated other gasworks in Sydney, but their entire gas-making operation was transferred to Mortlake in 1922 as the river provided a cheap and efficient means of obtaining coal, which was its raw material. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was an enormous workforce. When AGL's Mortlake plant was in full operation it used nearly 460,000 tonnes of coal per year which was brought from Hexham on the Hunter River, by colliers known as the 'Sixty Milers'. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rotting hulk of one of the colliers decorates the upper reaches of the Parramatta River, and its remains can still be seen if the tide is high enough to allow passage for the Rivercats.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The initials “C.W.G.” stand for Carburetted Water Gas which sounds a little as though it has something to do with Coca-cola. The C.W.G. Building once contained 6 retort houses which had continually burnt coal from Newcastle to light Sydney’s streets. </span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jq1Rkje1ZOM/Xzpwa-vVQeI/AAAAAAAAYKc/fmVBQZ9g0nUJNwpIO6Wz293FeR65iCA7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s882/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="882" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jq1Rkje1ZOM/Xzpwa-vVQeI/AAAAAAAAYKc/fmVBQZ9g0nUJNwpIO6Wz293FeR65iCA7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25284%2529.jpg" title="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Exhibition of AGL site Mortlake paintings <br />in Breakfast Point Community Centre 2004 </b></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The process of carbonization to obtain gas from coal was discontinued on 31st December 1971. Thereafter, natural gas from the interior of Australia was piped to Mortlake where it was given an odour for safety reasons and distributed to consumers throughout Sydney. Ironically, Mortlake itself was one of the last suburbs to be converted to natural gas. The gasworks finally closed on Friday 15th June 1990 & the sprawling 58 hectare site became a moonscape.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMvHGwBQhZc/XzpxXbzS1WI/AAAAAAAAYKs/kPVFWWJiWBw5neSLdWctSFLq0vlay9_XwCLcBGAsYHQ/s882/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25283%2529.jpg"><img alt="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMvHGwBQhZc/XzpxXbzS1WI/AAAAAAAAYKs/kPVFWWJiWBw5neSLdWctSFLq0vlay9_XwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25283%2529.jpg" title="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Exhibition of AGL site Mortlake paintings <br />in Breakfast Point Community Centre 2004 </b></i><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The site had already been half demolished by the time I found it and there were only a couple of other ruins dotted around the vast wasteland. <br />Extensive remediation had begun. As a century’s worth of stinking coal tar waste was removed from the site, networks of channels were carved through the glowing sandstone surrounding the C.W.G. Building. After rain, these channels would fill with water, becoming a network of canals and lakes reflecting the ruins. <br />A terrifying 40 metre chasm had been excavated in front of it to remove the coal tar residue. Against it the C.W.G. Building loomed overhead, neatly sliced in half and propped up with a mad cat’s cradle of eye-popping red bollards opening wide in front of me as though to welcome me with an embrace. I had to write myself a 'post it note' to attach to my easel to remind me not to walk backwards to admire my painting as there was only a couple of metres between my easel and a sudden drop!</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GblhTO3bhxg/XyFdcaqCehI/AAAAAAAAX-k/jKoATjUMzLwGhYs8qyRQJyDPY_O5GSXeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25282%2529.jpg" title="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>Exhibition of AGL site Mortlake paintings <br />in Breakfast Point Community Centre 2004 </b></i><br />The former
AGL Gasworks site has now been completely redeveloped into the controversial new gated suburb of Breakfast Point by Rosecorp.
The complex of white and pale beige apartments and townhouses is totally
unrecognizable from its industrial past.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0hY_uudvDU4/XyFdLBAt2ZI/AAAAAAAAX-c/i0IFJ5EB-cUnDnsiEAczP6j-2d34SnM3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/Exhibition%2Bof%2BAGL%2Bsite%2BMortlake%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2BBreakfast%2BPoint%2BCommunity%2BCentre%2B2004%2B%25281%2529.jpg" title="Exhibition of Plein air oil paintings of ruined CWG Building AGL Gasworks Mortlake (now Breakfast Point) painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>Exhibition of AGL site Mortlake paintings <br />in Breakfast Point Community Centre 2004</b></i> <br />To coincide with the opening of their new suburb, Rosecorp and the CFMEU jointly invited me to hold a solo exhibition in their freshly built Community Hall. <br />My paintings consisted almost entirely of renditions of the C.W.G. Building, which had recently been demolished. <br />Irony totally intentional.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Related Posts </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/agl-gasworks-mortlake-paintings.html" target="_blank"><b>My AGL Gasworks page </b></a><br /></span></span></p>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-45063356470932485532020-08-09T12:57:00.002+10:002020-11-22T20:33:43.231+11:00Crane, East Darling Harbour Wharves<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2003, the State Government announced that the stevedoring wharves at East Darling Harbour, on the western edge of Miller's Point, known since the Depression as the 'Hungry Mile', would be transformed into a new urban precinct, which would later be known as Barangaroo.<br />The wharf has now closed forever and Sydney’s traditional role as a working harbour is essentially over.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Sydney Harbour no longer to be a working port and to be stripped of its original character and purpose, was almost unthinkable.<br />I resolved to paint its hidden history before it was too late. This concrete expanse was often derided as 'ugly', usually by people who had never set foot on it, but I found it a rich and fascinating source of inspiration for a series of several hundred paintings. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I became 'Artist in Residence' in 2003, and was still painting there after the last wharfie left in October 2007. I always painted 'en plein air', even though the completed works have the compositional poise of a Jeffrey Smart.<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="397" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZW-jHGHHf4/Xy6N19Sod4I/AAAAAAAAYFo/4pwR9r__wpk0fBpnxnP2gBVwaeEKuNUqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h397/web%2BDH135A%2B%2526%2BB%2B%2BMaintaining%2Bthe%2BCrane%2B%2528Diptych%2529%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B51x25cm%2Beach.jpg" title="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a> <br /><i><b>DH135A 'Maintaining the crane' Diptych <br /> 2007 oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm each panel<br /> <a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"> </a></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">This was painted towards the end of East Darling Harbour's days as an operational wharf. I had often painted each of the 3 cranes on the wharf, although being able to get all three in a single canvas was nearly impossible. They didn't run on rails - they all had retractable stabilizers in the shape of pyramids, and these lifted to allow the cranes to trundle up and down the wharf on their rows of tyres.</span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I spent much of my time on the wharf chasing these wretched things up and down the wharf, in hot pursuit of my recalcitrant subjects. Even if their lower halves stayed put, they were raising, lowering, twisting and turning. I'd have to start 4 or 5 small canvases, each one with the crane in a different pose. <br /></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">This crane was "L1" the oldest & most complicated of the 3 Liebherr
cranes known by the wharfies as "Big Bird" as apparently it was
originally yellow. </span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">It was loathed by the wharfies as it was complex and rather over-engineered, so prone to breaking down. The L3 crane was much easier to operate and maintain, and incidentally, much easier for me to paint. If the L1 crane moved even slightly out of its original position, it was infinitely harder for me to predict what I should alter to adapt the old position to the new one. The result is that I have a lot more unfinished and unfinishable paintings of this crane than of the 2 others put together. </span></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m_7x7wFSh0/Xy9jHa4nZhI/AAAAAAAAYF0/IRZE_Yiu91Y1axmfgFS_GQN1x59o1hHlACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/web%2BDH135A%2BMaintaining%2Bthe%2BCrane%2B%2528Diptych%2529%2Bleft%2Bpanel%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B51x25cm%2Beach.jpg"><img alt="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m_7x7wFSh0/Xy9jHa4nZhI/AAAAAAAAYF0/IRZE_Yiu91Y1axmfgFS_GQN1x59o1hHlACLcBGAsYHQ/w196-h400/web%2BDH135A%2BMaintaining%2Bthe%2BCrane%2B%2528Diptych%2529%2Bleft%2Bpanel%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B51x25cm%2Beach.jpg" title="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="196" /></a><br /><i><b>DH135A 'Maintaining the crane' left panel of Diptych <br /> 2007 oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm each panel<br /> <a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">When I was painting on the wharves, all three cranes were red, which made them difficult to paint against the red Wallenius Wilhelmsen ships. </span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Although they were all a shade of red, and more than likely had been painted at the same time with the same brand of paint, each of the cranes was a different shade of red. Not just lighter or darker, but some were definitely more towards the pink than red. The L1 crane was a light- medium bluish pink, the sort of pink derived from mixing magenta or alizarin crimson with white. L2 veered between napthol crimson, Windsor bright red and in the more care-worn patches, the pink obtained by mixing white with cadmium red deep. L3 was in places almost a true red, requiring mostly cadmium red medium and even a few vermilion highlights. All these colours had very different properties, as the cadmium colours were very opaque and the alizarin and magenta were semi-transparent and took much longer to dry. They had one thing in common though, they were amongst the most expensive paints to buy - Series 4. 5 or 6. The prices go up exponentially from Series 1. Series 2 paints are about half as much again as the previous series, Series 3 half to two thirds as much as 2, etc, etc. As usually the cranes were in front of a red Wallenius Wilhelsen ship, which was a different hue of red again (usually cadmium red light), this meant that the art shops became seriously rich from my stint as 'Artist in Residence ' on the wharf. But to do justice to the scene in front of me I had to be true to the subtle nuances of the changing light and colour in front of me.</span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8PwCHlnaZw/Xy9j1PfMM3I/AAAAAAAAYF8/AcjKXY4Ia3kxPkqoVwBtvJ4UCGAfbSExACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/web%2BDH135B%2B%2BMaintaining%2Bthe%2BCrane%2B%2528Diptych%2529%2Bright%2Bpanel%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B51x25cm%2Beach.jpg"><img alt="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8PwCHlnaZw/Xy9j1PfMM3I/AAAAAAAAYF8/AcjKXY4Ia3kxPkqoVwBtvJ4UCGAfbSExACLcBGAsYHQ/w197-h400/web%2BDH135B%2B%2BMaintaining%2Bthe%2BCrane%2B%2528Diptych%2529%2Bright%2Bpanel%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B51x25cm%2Beach.jpg" title="Plein air painting of Liebherr Crane undergoing maintenance on East Darling Harbour Wharves, now Barangaroo, painted by industrial and marine heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="197" /></a><br /><i><b>DH135A 'Maintaining the crane' right hand Diptych <br /> 2007 oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm each panel<br /> <a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Later in 2007, all three cranes were painted yellow again in the AT & T colours. A couple were taken to Melbourne's Webb Dock, but 'Big Bird' was taken down to Port Kembla on the "Sea-Tow" barge. <br /></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">It's still at Port
Kembla - I noticed it when I was painting the Port Kembla Copper Stack
before it was demolished in February 2014.</span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I painted this diptych in 2007 as it was undergoing much needed maintenance in front of Wharf 6, not long before its new paint job and long sea journey.</span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The odd looking object wrapped in white is a helicopter. Some of the wharfies had been discussing what would be the most difficult object to wrap as a birthday present, so that the recipient wouldn't be able to guess what it was. One of them suggested a tricycle, but I think the helicopter would have won that competition. <br /></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b>Related Posts</b></span></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><font><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></font></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/hungry-mile-and-barangaroo-paintings.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">My paintings of the Hungry Mile </span></span></b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2010/07/barangaroosydney-painting-maersk.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The end of an era </span></span></b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="http://walshbayhistory.net/stories/paintings-of-the-old-port" target="_blank">Paintings of a passing port</a> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2016/08/ivory-tower.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Last of the Hungry Mile </span></span></b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/painting-svitzer-tug-wonga-in-sydney.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Painting the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' </span></span></b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-last-look-around-harbour-control-tower.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">A last look at the Harbour Control Tower </span></span></b></a></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/millers-point-from-top-of-harbour.html" target="_blank"><b><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Millers Point from the top of the Harbour Control Tower </span></span></b></a><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList"><span class="fcg"> </span></span></font></span></span></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-4307519508890250342020-08-08T20:17:00.002+10:002020-11-22T20:37:46.182+11:00Painting Mungo Scott Flour Mills, Summer Hill Part 2 <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's painting on the easel of my deck gallery is from 2009 and is of the last flour truck to depart the Mungo Scott Flour Mills in Summer Hill. <br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yAzsqlDU7uVnNYbmjpqB6mjm0P9Pbtt4Jlfr7is9Rf9VFD5-QKrWAoTPzCV4z12Ut_-Kulb_q7f7N79ug8Q8V839iMCTeZIX70brWEOW89wKNg2TxgnRybm6sIUZIkJyVhPnbXJcJHs/w400-h315/web+SU9+Summer+Hill%252C+Mungo+Scott+Flour+Mills+Last+Flour+truck+2004+oil+on+canvas+28x36cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>SU9 Summer Hill, Mungo Scott Flour Mills Last Flour truck .<br />2009 oil on canvas 28 x 36cm <br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i></span></span></b></i><br />This vast behemoth was the last operational flour mill in Sydney.<br />Mungo Scott Ltd acquired the land for £3000 in 1916 and built the flour mill with an estimated £10,000 budget in 1921-22.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSvHPbW8UI0/Xy0qdFgek-I/AAAAAAAAYEc/nVcHbGlQYdwGfH194r9PIC7xDwVINNm8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s512/Low%2Bres%2BSU3%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BLate%2BAfternoon%2B2009%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B30%2Bx%2B30cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSvHPbW8UI0/Xy0qdFgek-I/AAAAAAAAYEc/nVcHbGlQYdwGfH194r9PIC7xDwVINNm8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/Low%2Bres%2BSU3%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BLate%2BAfternoon%2B2009%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B30%2Bx%2B30cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="399" /></a></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>SU3 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills Late Afternoon <br />2009 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale </a></b></i><br />It exploited the newly built Metropolitan goods line between Wardell Road and Darling Harbour.<br />The Summer Hill freight line, alongside Hawthorne Canal, was used twice a week to service the Mills. This branch line was the last operational section of the once mighty Metropolitan goods line before it was redeveloped as light rail/cycling track.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pSJNB7kXruw/Xy0rUil3OlI/AAAAAAAAYEo/LDVcpSsdsLkeNQtPkpIv19CaWlsYh63rACLcBGAsYHQ/s512/Low%2Bres%2BSU2%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BEvening%2B2009%2Boil%2B30x30cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pSJNB7kXruw/Xy0rUil3OlI/AAAAAAAAYEo/LDVcpSsdsLkeNQtPkpIv19CaWlsYh63rACLcBGAsYHQ/w396-h400/Low%2Bres%2BSU2%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BEvening%2B2009%2Boil%2B30x30cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="396" /></a><br /><i><b>SU2 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills Evening<br />2009 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm<br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale </a></b></i></span></span></b></i><br />A huge fire in the mill in 1927 was believed to have been caused by sparks caused by passing trains igniting stored flour. <br />The landmark silos appeared in the early 1950s, as Goodman Fielder grew the Mill’s capacity. Allied Mills took control of the buildings in the 1950s and they were used as a key processing facility for wheat grown in New South Wales until 2009.<br />The last train ran to the Mungo Scott flour mill on 1 December 2008.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zjfHg1SfQc/Xy0sF77eUQI/AAAAAAAAYE0/xD-t5ZKNuqcw8c3ldU24tUvtMfX9V37DQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Low%2Bres%2BSU1%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2Bby%2BNight%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31x31cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="395" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zjfHg1SfQc/Xy0sF77eUQI/AAAAAAAAYE0/xD-t5ZKNuqcw8c3ldU24tUvtMfX9V37DQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h395/Low%2Bres%2BSU1%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2Bby%2BNight%2B2004%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31x31cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>SU1 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills by Night <br />2009 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i><br />As the Mungo Scott Flour Mills were conveniently close to the Taylor galleries in Smith street where I held regular exhibitions, I was well placed to be able to paint canvases of some of its last operations, including some of the last flour trucks to leave the Mills. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Allied Mills finally vacated the site forever in about 2010 and moved their operations to a huge site in Picton, in Sydney's south-west, which I drive past whenever I exhibit my paintings at the Thirlmere Festival of Steam. <br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfoDThhBvq8/Xy0leT-S7kI/AAAAAAAAYEE/UN7h-ZZt7ug5ZVhIGF4Khq-Tkv2hX0ZRACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/SU6%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BLast%2BFlour%2Btruck2004-9%2Boil%2B41x61cm.JPG"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfoDThhBvq8/Xy0leT-S7kI/AAAAAAAAYEE/UN7h-ZZt7ug5ZVhIGF4Khq-Tkv2hX0ZRACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h304/SU6%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BLast%2BFlour%2Btruck2004-9%2Boil%2B41x61cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>SU6 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills Last Flour truck <br /> 2009 oil on canvas 41 x 61cm <br />PRIVATE COLLECTION : SYDNEY<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries about other Summer Hill paintings</a></b></i><br /><br />The precinct is now redeveloped and is home to offices and more than 400 apartments.<br /><b><br />Related Posts</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2016/08/milling-around.html" target="_blank"><b>Painting from the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills</b></a><br /><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/edwin-davey-and-sons-flour-mill.html" target="_blank"><b><br />The empty mask - Edwin Davey Flour Mills</b></a><br /></span></span></p>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com016 Flour Mill Way, Summer Hill NSW 2130, Australia-33.8937768 151.143025-62.204010636178843 115.986775 -5.5835429638211522 -173.70072500000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-16914962169924312752020-08-07T17:35:00.004+10:002020-11-22T20:38:13.028+11:00Painting from the silos of Mungo Scott Flour Mills, Summer Hill<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's painting on the easel of my 'deck gallery' is a view of and from the silos of Summer Hill’s famous Mungo Scott flour mill. This vast behemoth was an icon of Sydney’s inner west skyline for nearly 100 years. <br />It also evokes memories of a gallery where I used to exhibit between 2003 - 10.<br /> From the early 1990s I used to exhibit in the Delmar Gallery in Summer Hill. When the Director, Max Taylor, left to establish his own gallery, the Taylor Galleries, I exhibited there from 2003 until its closure in 2010. The Mungo Scott flour mill was just a few doors down from the Taylor Galleries in Smith Street, Summer Hill. I was utterly fascinated with it and often painted views of it from the surrounding streets before or after delivering or collecting paintings.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoYVjPYJR5M/Xyz2r7bxleI/AAAAAAAAYDg/V1Emig9ULgIMdplqSFQCclUjicPoNFa_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/web%2BSU12%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BNight%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Btop%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bsilo%2B2007%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas30x30cm.jpg"><img alt="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoYVjPYJR5M/Xyz2r7bxleI/AAAAAAAAYDg/V1Emig9ULgIMdplqSFQCclUjicPoNFa_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/web%2BSU12%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BNight%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Btop%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bsilo%2B2007%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas30x30cm.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="399" /></a><br /><i><b>SU12 Mungo Scott Flour Mills Night from the top of the silo <br />2007 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm </b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b> Available for sale</b></i></a><br />One day in 2004 I finally plucked up the courage to ask to be allowed to paint there. They couldn't have been kinder! <br />I was given the 'grand tour' of the Escher like maze of criss-crossing, zig-zagging walkways from the main building to the top of the silos. When I returned to paint there, everyone helped carry my easel and wet canvases.<br /> Just as well, as while I was certainly strong enough, I would have been hopelessly lost getting from one building to another. It was so confusing navigating the various levels, and it was complicated by the fact that it was still an operational flour mill.<br />My guide wore a 'Gumby' style hairnet, goggles and gloves. He joked that people knew whether or not they were gluten intolerant within the hour. <br />Apparently I am - I was sneezing, wheezing & itching, and had to wear a mask whenever I painted there as I had trouble breathing. I've never really liked bread, and now I know why! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkhxpKW9XwAJqfvvXtOlFe3OJ99fCrGDXUYNICJ7VoSlBBSmsJ80TW7-v-UOm_x5wLBLJq_8faapffLIvoXWLZWhfV1sKH0uupdKcOhtHQH-B58y8DmP52yMmAG5XcHhfi_7T4uoaFSM/s576/low+res+SU8+Summer+Hill+Mungo+Scott+Flour+Mills+Panorama+2011+ink+acrylic+pastel+on+paper+118+x+118cm.jpg"><img alt="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkhxpKW9XwAJqfvvXtOlFe3OJ99fCrGDXUYNICJ7VoSlBBSmsJ80TW7-v-UOm_x5wLBLJq_8faapffLIvoXWLZWhfV1sKH0uupdKcOhtHQH-B58y8DmP52yMmAG5XcHhfi_7T4uoaFSM/w400-h353/low+res+SU8+Summer+Hill+Mungo+Scott+Flour+Mills+Panorama+2011+ink+acrylic+pastel+on+paper+118+x+118cm.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>SU8 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills Panorama <br /> 2004 ink acrylic pastel on paper 118 x 118cm </b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available for sale</b></i></a></span></span></b></i><br />The silos were truly scary, especially at night. They were very high up, sloped & some didn't even have guardrails. When I was drawing and painting my huge panoramas of the unforgettable view of the inner west from the top of the silos, I was frankly terrified as I had unfortunately picked the highest silo, and for extra points it didn't have a guardrail.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9nlDniCtv4/Xyz9U6luOSI/AAAAAAAAYD4/0vQjATek7ZAW3rwCJwvSn_8m-rPxRV72QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/SU7%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BPanorama%2B2004%2Boil%2B%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B91x122cm.JPG"><img alt="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9nlDniCtv4/Xyz9U6luOSI/AAAAAAAAYD4/0vQjATek7ZAW3rwCJwvSn_8m-rPxRV72QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h294/SU7%2BSummer%2BHill%2BMungo%2BScott%2BFlour%2BMills%2BPanorama%2B2004%2Boil%2B%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B91x122cm.JPG" title="plein air oil painting of nocturne from the top of the silos of the Mungo Scott Flour Mills Summer Hill painted by landscape artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>SU7 Summer Hill Mungo Scott Flour Mills Panorama <br />2004 oil painting on canvas 91 x 122cm </b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries about other Summer Hill paintings</a> </b></i><br /> The spectacular view made up for the danger. The Summer Hill freight line carving its way through the inner west was directly beneath me.<br />Soon it would be literally re-cycled. Some of it would be reserved for light rail, and some would be a cycling track.<br />I was lucky to get to the Mungo Scott Flour Mills in time. Summer Hill was fast being engulfed by the tide of gentrification transforming former gritty industrial zones into hip neighbourhoods, driving up rents and pushing artists even further away from the inner city.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span aria-level="4" class=" _2iem" role="heading"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Related Posts</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/urban-landscape-paintings.html" target="_blank">My page of Urban Landscape paintings</a></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/edwin-davey-and-sons-flour-mill.html" target="_blank"><b>The Empty mask </b></a><br /></span></span></p>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com016 Flour Mill Way, Summer Hill NSW 2130, Australia-33.8937768 151.143025-62.204010636178843 115.986775 -5.5835429638211522 -173.70072500000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-58902526543494654392020-08-04T22:23:00.001+10:002020-11-22T20:40:33.091+11:00Painting Sydney Harbour in the footsteps of Turner<div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All this winter I've felt something's been lacking.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vivid.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to Covid-19 it couldn't be held this year, and for all I know New Year's Eve and Australia Day celebrations may not be held in the foreseeable future either.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've often mocked Sydney for valuing style over substance, but I have to confess that I like a mindlessly pretty display of fairy lights against a harbour view as much as anyone.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So for anyone getting withdrawal symptoms, here's one on the easel of my deck gallery.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Oil painting - nocturne of Sydney Harbour with tall ship, fireworks and Sydney Harbour Bridge painted by industrial and marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="259" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ALwmXPjWys/XylBs1UHuoI/AAAAAAAAYCI/P1444PCbR1Es5b0ZwgBlJX8mICar2z3hwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h259/4-8-20%2BU118%2BFireship%2Bunder%2Bthe%2BBridge%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2003%2B61%2Bx%2B91cm.JPG" title="Oil painting - nocturne of Sydney Harbour with tall ship, fireworks and Sydney Harbour Bridge painted by industrial and marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>U118 Fireship under the Bridge <br />oil on canvas 2003 61 x 91cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i><br />This canvas of the burning ship against a backdrop of fireworks illuminating the Sydney Harbour Bridge was painted in the studio from a series of quick gouache studies that I did on New Year's Eve 2003, well over a decade before Vivid was ever thought of. I regard this as a sort of 'proto-Vivid'.<br />It added a new dimension to the usual fireworks and was a startling sight if you weren't aware that it was in fact a special effect, and not a tragic fire on board the 'James Craig'.<br />The first time I saw it, like hundreds, possibly thousands of others, I rang 000 in a panic to report it. You could almost hear the person from Emergency Services rolling their eyes, as they assured me that it was just a special effect, that , no, the James Craig was just fine, and thanked me for my misplaced concern.<br />The Fireship apparently commemorated an early 19th century convict ship that had caught fire, and in the weeks after, during the Sydney Festival, there was a 'son et lumiere' show every night for a couple of weeks. I forget the details and the story, and frankly I think everyone else did as well. The images of the fire reflected in the water were all the spectators really were interested in, and the story seemed just a flimsy excuse.<br />As I painted some quick sketches in gouache and watercolour, I was glad that i'd spent so much of my 1996 Marten Bequest Traveling Art Scholarship holed up in the Print and Drawing Room of the Clore Gallery (the section of the Tate Gallery devoted to the work of Turner, obsessively painting studies of the many fabulous Turner watercolours in their collection. The Petworth series and the burning of the Houses of Parliament were my favourites. I became so good at painting them that the staff became slightly alarmed, and demanded that I sign my studies on the back so that I wouldn't be able to do a bit of a 'switcheroo' while their backs were turned! I took this as a sort of a backhanded compliment, but my goal wasn't to just mindlessly copy, but to try to conquer the mystery of painting sea,sky, storm, night and fire. How to make the intangible, tangible.<br />When I returned from my Traveling Art Scholarship, I actually exhibited some of these in a couple of exhibitions "The Grand Tour" and "In the Footsteps of the Masters" that acted like a sort of debriefing - a transition phase from the scholarship to the routine of regular commercial exhibitions.<br />I'd seen a lot of amazing art, and learnt a lot, but how was I going to incorporate this into what I would paint on my return?<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Oil painting - nocturne of Sydney Harbour with tall ship, fireworks and Sydney Harbour Bridge painted by industrial and marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yYgqbEZDLdQ/XylI90GNVWI/AAAAAAAAYCU/1A16nfCVIIQptk5TJfTv-E-DMpqz7YSHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/U118%2BFireship%2Bunder%2Bthe%2BBridge%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2003%2B61%2Bx%2B91cm.jpg" title="Oil painting - nocturne of Sydney Harbour with tall ship, fireworks and Sydney Harbour Bridge painted by industrial and marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>U118 Fireship under the Bridge <br />oil on canvas 2003 61 x 91cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available for sale</a></b></i><br />Painting the Fireship was a chance to give a virtuoso display of layers of translucent glazes of breathtakingly expensive and exotic colours such as Aureolin, Rose Madder and Alizarin Crimson. These aren't the sort of colours that usually get a work out during plein air painting.<br />However, as I started to paint lost trades and dying industries, I would get more and more frequent opportunities to use them. Subjects like the Oxycutter at William Wallbank and Sons, or the Blacksmiths at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops provided further connections to the lost world of the Early Industrial Revolution that Turner and his predecessors de Loutherbourg and Joseph Wright of Derby immortalized. The major difference is that these artists were painting the founding of this era - I'm painting its demise.<br /><br /><b>Related Posts<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2015/06/vivid.html" target="_blank">Vivid</a><br /><br /><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/04/oxycutting.html" target="_blank">Meltdown, Oxycutting at William Wallbank and Sons</a><br /><br /><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2011/05/e81-blacksmith-forging-2011-oil-on.html" target="_blank">Irons in the fire</a><br /></b></span></font><br /></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-66404085250389899012020-08-02T20:50:00.005+10:002020-11-22T20:41:52.076+11:00Painting the industrial past on Cockatoo Island - Before and After<div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Cockatoo Island, the largest island in Sydney Harbour, is located at the intersection of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers. It is the last vestige of the era of the Industrial Revolution remaining in Sydney.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzgogXqs-ls/XyaRi_MZxhI/AAAAAAAAYBk/v1XkPySFbq8JFt0vZSSn_9hfWjgmoCnWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1691/CK8B%2B1989%2Band%2BCK52%2B2007.JPG"><img alt="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzgogXqs-ls/XyaRi_MZxhI/AAAAAAAAYBk/v1XkPySFbq8JFt0vZSSn_9hfWjgmoCnWwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h240/CK8B%2B1989%2Band%2BCK52%2B2007.JPG" title="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>CK8B & CK52 Crane & slipway from the Officers headquarters<br />1989 & 2007 oil on canvas 61 x 46cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enquiries</span></i></b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Between 1839 -1869 Cockatoo Island was a prison colony. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The inmates not only excavated the 2 tunnels and 2 graving docks that nearly bisect the island,</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> but to add insult to injury</span></font> they even had to build their own gaol using the excavated sandstone of the island! The only successful escapee was bushranger Captain Thunderbolt (his more prosaic real name was Fred Ward), who escaped on 19th September 1863. </span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">After its stint as Sydney's 'Alcatraz' the island was used as a graving dock, reformatory and industrial schools, and a major shipbuilding site.<br />In the early twentieth century Cockatoo Island became one of Australia’s most important industrial sites where ships were built, repaired and modified. Thousands were trained and employed there. I still meet people who did their apprenticeship as a boilermaker or fitter and turner on Cockatoo Island.<br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As the progressive removal of tariffs, regressive government policies, the high dollar and the pressures of globalization helped kill off Australian manufacturing, the focus of employment has turned increasingly to tourism, entertainment and service industries.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most of Sydney’s former sites of industrial and maritime activity have now been gobbled up by developers for monolithic dormitories of beige apartment blocks. After many political battles, some remaining industrial structures of Cockatoo Island have been retained, against all odds. Although some large workshops, slipways, wharves, residences and other buildings remain, such as the Turbine Shop and the Mould Loft, many major buildings were demolished after Cockatoo Island closed as a dockyard in 1991. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now it's a UNESCO world heritage site and its industrial ambience has been exploited for many cultural events. It was the site for the filming of X Men Origins -Wolverine and several 'reality' programs. Since 2008 it has been the flagship venue of Sydney’s Biennale. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">However, its</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> original function as part of Sydney’s rapidly disappearing Working Harbour, has gone forever. <br /></span></font>When I was 'Artist in Residence' there in the mid-late 1980s and then again in the early 2000s, I was the only artist on the island.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For the last decade,
the public has been allowed to visit the island, but when I painted the
2nd canvas in 2007, it was still off limits. The Sydney Harbour
Federation Trust was frantically fixing up the infrastructure to be able
to open it to tourists. I would travel by barge at the crack of dawn
from Mort's Dock with the other workmen.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HuqVlrl6M9o/XyaTp64JfTI/AAAAAAAAYB8/WL3O2v2pqPwJpj2rA7CBtThPz5iQUaLBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s512/CK8B%2B2%2BCranes%2Bon%2Bthe%2BNorth-West%2BSlipway%2B%2B1989%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B61x46cm.JPG"><img alt="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HuqVlrl6M9o/XyaTp64JfTI/AAAAAAAAYB8/WL3O2v2pqPwJpj2rA7CBtThPz5iQUaLBwCLcBGAsYHQ/w309-h400/CK8B%2B2%2BCranes%2Bon%2Bthe%2BNorth-West%2BSlipway%2B%2B1989%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B61x46cm.JPG" title="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" width="309" /></a><br /><i><b>CK8B 2 Cranes on the North-West Slipway<br />1989 oil on canvas 61 x 46cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a></b></i> <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I started painting on Cockatoo Island in the mid 1980s when it was still operational and </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">submarines were still being refitted there. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font>I'd have to sign the Official Secrets Act and promise faithfully not to paint any submarines or sell any of my paintings to the Russians. I'd leave my easel, paints and table in the office of the Ship Painters and Dockers building between Fitzroy and Sutherland docks. </span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There was a sign "Pro Painter Foreman" on the door, which always made me laugh. I was so naive that I didn't know anything about the reputation of this notorious union! <br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">These two canvases were </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">painted at the same location,</span></font></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the north - western slipway,</span></font></span></font> at the same time of day, at the same time of year and on the same format canvas - but 18 years apart.</span></font></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9NMPcK2GHY/XyaTOAhyY4I/AAAAAAAAYBw/h4kLnf0gJFsl1Fgbl_B2oTAarI5T7HHGACLcBGAsYHQ/s512/CK52%2BCrane%2B%2526%2Bslipway%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BOfficers%2Bheadquarters%2B2007%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46x36cm.JPG"><img alt="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9NMPcK2GHY/XyaTOAhyY4I/AAAAAAAAYBw/h4kLnf0gJFsl1Fgbl_B2oTAarI5T7HHGACLcBGAsYHQ/w309-h400/CK52%2BCrane%2B%2526%2Bslipway%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BOfficers%2Bheadquarters%2B2007%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46x36cm.JPG" title="Plein air industrial painting of cranes at Cockatoo Island by industrial artist Jane Bennett" width="309" /></a><br /><i><b>CK52 Crane & slipway from the Officers headquarters <br />2007 oil on canvas 61 x 46cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a></b></i><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The most obvious difference between the</span></font> 1989 and 2007 paintings is the omission of the pale green crane, </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a casualty of a storm not long after the 1989 canvas was painted. </span></font><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This was the Butters crane, purchased from the Whyalla Shipyards in 1979, when Cockatoo Island was trying to adopt more innovative strategies,for the construction of HMAS Success in 1983-4. The rather forlorn looking crane left on its own in the 2007 painting, was the </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ex- West Wall crane, </span></font>also a comparatively recent addition to the island, as it was relocated from Garden Island in the 1970s. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This partial modernization was a false dawn, however, as HMAS Success would be </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">last ever ship built and launched at Cockatoo Island.</span></font></span></font> Less than 8 years later, the island was closed. </span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><br /></a></span></font><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Related Posts</span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/cockatoo-island-paintings.html" target="_blank"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My page of Cockatoo Island Paintings</span></font></b></a></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/no-glamping-on-cockatoo-island.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></a></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/no-glamping-on-cockatoo-island.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><b>No 'glamping' on Cockatoo Island </b></font></span></a><br /></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></b></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/lost-worlds-20070625-gdqgw0.html" target="_blank">Article written by Steve Meacham in the Sydney Morning Herald</a></b><br /></span></font>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Cockatoo Island, New South Wales, Australia-33.8470558 151.1716362-62.157289636178845 116.0153862 -5.5368219638211542 -173.67211380000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-63076063832927032692020-07-29T11:00:00.003+10:002020-11-22T20:34:12.151+11:00Painting the Svitzer tug Wonga in Sydney Harbour<div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The 'Wonga' was built in 1983 and was one of the Svitzer 'pusher' tugs.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their names started with 'W' - Wilga, Wonga, Woona, Walan, Watagan. I've no idea why they picked that particular letter to christen their tugs. As a 'wonga' is a type of pigeon, not a marine bird, I'm not sure why this name was chosen for a marine vessel. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To me, the trio of names 'Wilga', 'Wonga', 'Woona', had a sort of alliterative poetry, and whenever I painted one of the three, I would be asked if I also had paintings of the other two, to make up the set.</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-00qy2Y1zTuU/XyDG7SpDgGI/AAAAAAAAX-E/G56YDBFnF8Mp1xIly99tpTNtmMUQNBG6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BSOLD%2BDH236%2B%2527The%2Btug%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2Bwith%2B%2527Victorian%2BReliance%2527%2527%2B20x25cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour with cargo ship 'Mountain Reliance'painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="329" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-00qy2Y1zTuU/XyDG7SpDgGI/AAAAAAAAX-E/G56YDBFnF8Mp1xIly99tpTNtmMUQNBG6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h329/web%2BSOLD%2BDH236%2B%2527The%2Btug%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2Bwith%2B%2527Victorian%2BReliance%2527%2527%2B20x25cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour with cargo ship 'Mountain Reliance'painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>DH236 'The tug 'Wonga' with 'Victorian Reliance'' <br />2007 oil on board 20 x 25cm<br />SOLD <br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries about other paintings of tugs</a></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This shows the 'Wonga' in action with a cargo ship.<br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They were once a very common sight in Sydney Harbour, when Sydney Harbour was still a fully working port. As 'Artist in Residence' on the East Darling Harbour Wharves during the first decade of this century, I would see at least one of these tugs everyday. If they weren't accompanying one of the container ships or Ro-ros (roll-on roll-off car vessels) to the East Darling Harbour Wharves, Glebe Island or White Bay, they would be escorting a cruise ship to the Cruise ship terminal at Darling Harbour Wharf 8, or an oil tanker to Gore bay.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXVCqHWfUjY/XyDDuAsVT-I/AAAAAAAAX9s/qudIznVvLdE-rYzwivRMhlq6WWrqXrpKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BDH241%2B%2527The%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2B2011%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B28%2Bx%2B35cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour passing Goat Island painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="314" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXVCqHWfUjY/XyDDuAsVT-I/AAAAAAAAX9s/qudIznVvLdE-rYzwivRMhlq6WWrqXrpKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h314/web%2BDH241%2B%2527The%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2B2011%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B28%2Bx%2B35cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour passing Goat Island painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>DH241 'The 'Wonga' 2011 <br />oil on board 28 x 35cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This painting shows the 'Wonga' passing Goat Island. It was on its way to a new task, from its then home in East Balmain next to the ferries. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The number of tugs in Sydney Harbour declined with the closure of East Darling Harbour Wharves and its replacement with the controversial Barangaroo development project.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hmuldrcbt1w/XyDF4MKpKnI/AAAAAAAAX94/09STqrBDBlwIpmPI2QaNQ2C-jA_yPikMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BSOLD%2BDH194%2BThe%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2B2008%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B20%2Bx25cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour passing Balmain painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hmuldrcbt1w/XyDF4MKpKnI/AAAAAAAAX94/09STqrBDBlwIpmPI2QaNQ2C-jA_yPikMgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/web%2BSOLD%2BDH194%2BThe%2B%2527Wonga%2527%2B2008%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B20%2Bx25cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Svitzer tug 'Wonga' in Sydney Harbour passing Balmain painted by marine artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>DH194 The 'Wonga' 2008<br /> oil on canvas 20 x 25cm<br />SOLD <br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries about other paintings of tugs</a></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This earlier painting shows the 'Wonga' passing Balmain.<br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, the 'Wonga' is one of the 2 tugs (the other being the 'Walan') based at Port Pirie which is located 223 kilometres north of Adelaide at the top of Upper Spencer Gulf, </span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Port Pirie, a small town of 16,000, is still home to the type of heavy industry now removed from Sydney Harbour. The Nyrstar concentrate smelter in Port Pirie is one of the largest smelters in the world.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Related Posts</b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2011/11/painting-tugboats-of-sydney-harbour.html" target="_blank">Painting the tugboats of Sydney Harbour</a><br /></b></span></font></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2010/09/marine-art-exhibition-at-australian.html" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></font></a></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2010/09/marine-art-exhibition-at-australian.html" target="_blank"><b>Marine Art exhibition at Australian Maritime Museum</b></a><br /></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-30703877794612818762020-07-28T21:01:00.002+10:002020-11-22T20:42:34.075+11:00In the pink -the former Pyrmont Arms Hotel, Harris Street Pyrmont<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The former pub 'The Pyrmont Arms' was at 42-44 Harris Street, Pyrmont on the corner of Harris and Bowman Streets.<br /> Built in the 1870s,it closed in the early 1990s when the CSR refinery and distillery were progressively shut down and demolished to make way for the Jackson's landing development. Since then, it has been renovated as retail outlets, restaurants and home units.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGsa7hE3Z_sxZqiZCjeiUaRdHUMcDn4MfCqMGD7szbF28h96Zz1qMzNIjkQ-3bO6KAcL42T0QpIjZBwgschzVsVaWiiZcMNGnVdvtbjiE3epQqS7w0MFVVeer1hveoYhL4Gc-rSjlDL0/s800/webP248+The+%2527Pyrmont+Arms%2527+from+the+CSR1+1990+oil+on+canvas+31x31cm.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGsa7hE3Z_sxZqiZCjeiUaRdHUMcDn4MfCqMGD7szbF28h96Zz1qMzNIjkQ-3bO6KAcL42T0QpIjZBwgschzVsVaWiiZcMNGnVdvtbjiE3epQqS7w0MFVVeer1hveoYhL4Gc-rSjlDL0/w399-h400/webP248+The+%2527Pyrmont+Arms%2527+from+the+CSR1+1990+oil+on+canvas+31x31cm.jpg" /></a><br /><i><b>P248 The 'Pyrmont Arms' from the CSR 1<br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>1990 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I first painted the Pyrmont Arms Hotel as a bird's eye view from the roof of the CSR refinery.I had been the 'Artist in Residence' at the CSR Refinery from the late 1980s to the start of its demolition in the mid 1990s. I had previously been painting at the top of the Panhouse, but one day in a fit of bravery I decided to paint from the top of the Boilerhouse next to the chimneys.<br />The CSR boilerhouse is now the site of the 'Elizabeth' apartment block of the Jackson's Landing LendLease development.<br />The Pyrmont Arms Hotel was then still an operating pub and was painted a grubby faded pale pinkish beige. On the back of the pub's western side facing the Scott Street squats, there was a huge ad for 'Have a cold gold KB', unfortunately not visible from my rooftop studio. Across the road was the brick facade of the CSR chem labs.<br />It didn't stand out from the rest of the rather dingy terraces at the 'Land's End' of Harris street, but what caught my eye was the contrast between the terraces and the overgrown area around the squats that was rapidly turning into a wilderness. I painted a small square canvas focussing on just the Pyrmont Arms, and resolved one day to paint a panorama of the northern end of Harris Street from this vantage point. <br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YseKgPJAVJQ/Xx_1kRLcJbI/AAAAAAAAX9I/9V0_2svDj7E5UHQ9ebJAiw1tKlxeZpW8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/webP249%2B%2527Pyrmont%2Bpanorama-%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCSR%2B%2527%2B1991%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B92cm.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YseKgPJAVJQ/Xx_1kRLcJbI/AAAAAAAAX9I/9V0_2svDj7E5UHQ9ebJAiw1tKlxeZpW8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h193/webP249%2B%2527Pyrmont%2Bpanorama-%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCSR%2B%2527%2B1991%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B92cm.jpg" /></a><br /><i><b>P249 'Pyrmont panorama- from the CSR ' <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>1991 oil on canvas 46 x 92cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A few months later, I climbed the many levels of revolting, sugar syrup encrusted stairs to the top of the CSR boilerhouse again, to paint this panorama, and was startled to find that the formerly almost unnoticeable pub had succumbed to a brash attempt at 'renovation'.<br />Weirdly, it shared the same revolting shade of pink with another dying pub at the other end of Pyrmont, the 'New York Hotel' in Edward Street, opposite the Pyrmont Power Station.<br />This fluoro paint job was such a product of its time that it defined the late 1980s to 1990s, a period without style or taste. I remember leggings and jumpers in that same fabulously horrid "glow in the dark" colour, possibly an over-reaction against the ochres and browns of the 1970s. In architecture, it was known not very fondly as "Paddington Pink" or "Paddo pink" for short, although the examples in Paddington itself were much more muted.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp9pqwVHjXI/Xx_7S9KBGsI/AAAAAAAAX9U/80leIioAb6Ea7pWe4Zpbwtp6Pw_o4hJpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/webP248B%2B%2527The%2B%2527Pyrmont%2BArms%2527%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCSR%2B2%2527%2B1991%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31%2Bx%2B31cm.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp9pqwVHjXI/Xx_7S9KBGsI/AAAAAAAAX9U/80leIioAb6Ea7pWe4Zpbwtp6Pw_o4hJpQCLcBGAsYHQ/w390-h400/webP248B%2B%2527The%2B%2527Pyrmont%2BArms%2527%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCSR%2B2%2527%2B1991%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31%2Bx%2B31cm.jpg" /></a><br /><i><b>P248B 'The 'Pyrmont Arms' from the CSR 2' <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>1991 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a><br /></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It made the Pyrmont Arms stick out like a sore thumb from the dingy red brick warehouses and bond stores, and not in a good way.<br />I don't know if it was still an operating pub then or whether the new paint job was a desperate last ditch attempt to attract customers or preparation for its sale and possible redevelopment.<br />For the truth was that the pubs of Pyrmont were hanging by a thread. Their customers were gone with the destruction or relocation of the local industries that had employed them, and the industries of Pyrmont's future were yet to replace them. <br />The CSR Refinery and Distillery, which had replaced the sandstone quarrymen of northern Pyrmont a century before, was almost deserted and would be demolished and replaced with Jackson's Landing by the middle of the decade. But there was a strange interregnum before the new apartments were built and filled with inhabitants, and the northern end of Harris Street was a ghost town.<br />The iconic Terminus Hotel, only 2 blocks further up Harris Street, had already ceased trading a decade before, and stood abandoned, neglected and a constant source of speculation for the next 30 years, before its very recent renovation. How the 'Royal Pacific', later to be rechristened the 'Pyrmont Point'/ 'Point Hotel', ever kept on trading is a much bigger mystery that any of the urban myths swirling around the 30 year vacancy of the Terminus.<br />What is it with the lurid colour schemes inflicted on moribund pubs?<br />Far from Pyrmont, another doomed hotel, the 'Jolly Frog' also got the pink treatment not long before it suffered one of those mysterious fires that afflict abandoned buildings. <br />They must have used the same colourblind painter and decorator. And he must have got the paint at a huge discount, or it might have 'fallen off the back of a truck'.<br />Either way, it didn't work. All closed as pubs not long after.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bevEueuSGGM/Xx__Dc7768I/AAAAAAAAX9g/FjB48Wu-6Csqc88hoQVscBA9HtxXCBl5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/webP248C%2B%252742%2BHarris%2Bst%2B-ex%2BPyrmont%2BArms%2527%2B%2B2012%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31%2Bx%2B31cm.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bevEueuSGGM/Xx__Dc7768I/AAAAAAAAX9g/FjB48Wu-6Csqc88hoQVscBA9HtxXCBl5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/webP248C%2B%252742%2BHarris%2Bst%2B-ex%2BPyrmont%2BArms%2527%2B%2B2012%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B31%2Bx%2B31cm.jpg" /></a><br /><i><b>P248C '42 Harris st -ex Pyrmont Arms' <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>2012 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The 'New York Hotel' has been painted a tasteful off-white, and is now a medical centre, of all things! <br />'The Pyrmont Arms' has now been painted a dull blue on the ground floor and a muted yellow for the upper floors. It is no longer a hotel, but has been reasonably sympathetically renovated and is now a combination of apartments above and a bottle-o below.<br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And the Jolly Frog, 6 years after its devastating fire, is still awaiting redevelopment.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Related Posts</span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/01/paintings-of-pink-pubs-painting-jolly.html" target="_blank"><b>Paintings of Pink Pubs</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-boiling-frog.html" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></a></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-boiling-frog.html" target="_blank"><b>The Boiling Frog</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/pyrmont-paintings.html" target="_blank"><b>My page of Pyrmont Paintings</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2011/08/a-tale-of-two-pyrmont-hotels-terminus.html" target="_blank"><b>A Tale of 2 Pyrmont Hotels - The Terminus and the Point</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2012/08/to-point.html" target="_blank"><b>To the Point</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2016/05/pretty-vacant.html" target="_blank"><b>Pretty Vacant</b></a><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/terminus-redux.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></font></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/terminus-redux.html" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></a></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/terminus-redux.html" target="_blank"><b>Terminus Redux</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-51623803610262697432020-07-24T22:40:00.001+10:002020-11-22T20:43:25.306+11:00A last look around the Harbour Control Tower<div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Today's painting on the deck gallery is a view of the much maligned and now demolished Harbour Control Tower.</span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><br /><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjnqZQu0A2A/Xxq-7lfvHPI/AAAAAAAAX7w/wEjvcCPwvbkITnAwTBlsuMPWuwiKruhjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s405/24-7-20%2BBAR54%2B%2527Tower%2Bof%2BPower%2527%2B2010%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B61%2Bx%2B61cm.JPG"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjnqZQu0A2A/Xxq-7lfvHPI/AAAAAAAAX7w/wEjvcCPwvbkITnAwTBlsuMPWuwiKruhjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/24-7-20%2BBAR54%2B%2527Tower%2Bof%2BPower%2527%2B2010%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B61%2Bx%2B61cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br />BAR54 'Tower of Power' 2010 <br />oil on canvas 61 x 61cm</span></font></b></i></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a><br /></span></font></b></i></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It had many sarcastic nicknames : the "Pill" (controlling the berths in the Harbour, the "concrete mushroom", and even "the hypodermic in God's bum"!</span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But I think that the viewer of my canvas can find the same stern monumental dignity that attracted me to it as a subject.</span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ju47VEZYJjg/XxrBz-hpfTI/AAAAAAAAX78/6uNwdin3YtYgEkQRbVfc7G-xVqDx5Jz1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BBAR54%2B%2527Tower%2Bof%2BPower%2527%2B2010%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B61%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ju47VEZYJjg/XxrBz-hpfTI/AAAAAAAAX78/6uNwdin3YtYgEkQRbVfc7G-xVqDx5Jz1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/web%2BBAR54%2B%2527Tower%2Bof%2BPower%2527%2B2010%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B61%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>BAR54 'Tower of Power' 2010 <br />oil on canvas 61 x 61cm</b></i></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a></span></font></b></i></b></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Sydney Harbour Control Tower, which lingered for a while at the northern end of Barangaroo, was demolished over a period of eight months starting in March 2016.<br />Consisting of an 87m high concrete column topped by an observation room with utterly breath-taking views, it gave the Harbour Master and Port Operations officers an ideal position from which to oversee shipping movements around Sydney Harbour.<br />The tower was designed in 1972 after two ships collided in the shipping channel off the knuckle of the wharf at Millers Point.<br />It stood sentinel over Sydney Harbour from 1974-2011 giving continual supervision of shipping movements.<br />Sydney Ports relocated its harbour control operations to Port Botany in April 2011, leaving the tower to gather dust for 5 years.</span></font></div></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3vX_naYelhE/XxrC11H2htI/AAAAAAAAX8I/tEzhCXMZ2zM8lLh3LwdpwkmbsugKh-NogCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/web%2BDH159%2BThe%2Bempty%2Bwharf%2B%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B61%2Bx%2B91cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3vX_naYelhE/XxrC11H2htI/AAAAAAAAX8I/tEzhCXMZ2zM8lLh3LwdpwkmbsugKh-NogCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/web%2BDH159%2BThe%2Bempty%2Bwharf%2B%2B%2B%2B2007%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B%2B%2B61%2Bx%2B91cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from the East Darling Harbour Wharf, now Barangaroo painted by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>DH159 The empty wharf <br />2007 oil on canvas 61 x 91cm</b></i></span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a></span></font></b></i></b></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am naturally biased - I had the run of the Harbour Control Tower as a studio for nearly a decade.<br />As well as painting spectacular views of Sydney from the top floor and the amenities level, I used it as a sort of exclamation point in many landscapes of the wharf and Millers point. This canvas of the empty wharf has the strange melancholy of a de Chirico and the light poles marching steadily toward the Tower echo rows of classical columns.<br />As a pictorial device, the Tower would give an otherwise mundane streetscape an extra frisson. The feeling of someone potentially observing the scene from above from those green angled windows gave an almost sinister dimension.</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYnDv1WGRg/XxrF5W9AIgI/AAAAAAAAX8U/6AVd23sqokgSRMNveslywfyVXIWV6TdfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/MP5%2BHarbour%2BTower%2B%2526%2BDalgety%2BTerrace%2B2%2B2014%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B18%2Bx%2B13cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from Dalgety road Millers Point painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYnDv1WGRg/XxrF5W9AIgI/AAAAAAAAX8U/6AVd23sqokgSRMNveslywfyVXIWV6TdfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w282-h400/MP5%2BHarbour%2BTower%2B%2526%2BDalgety%2BTerrace%2B2%2B2014%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B18%2Bx%2B13cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Harbour Control Tower from Dalgety road Millers Point painted by Jane Bennett" width="282" /></a><br /><i><b>MP5 Harbour Tower & Dalgety Terrace 2 <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>2014 acrylic on canvas 18 x 13cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a></span></font></b></i></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The decision to remove the tower was controversial. <br />The developers of Barangaroo had considered it an eyesore as the surrounding development transformed the former port into a millionaire’s playground.<br />Former Prime Minister Paul Keating, self-appointed Baron Haussman of Sydney, and never one to shy away from an argument, stated with his customary belligerence that the tower did not have a "shred of heritage about it" and that calls to keep it were "rancid reactionism".<br />But he would, wouldn't he.</span></font></div><div class="tg-tlc-storybody_intro"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">With his nearly pathological hatred of industrial heritage, that sits oddly with his working class background, he was grimly determined to get rid of it and pitched relentlessly into anyone with a good word to say about the former wharf.<br /></span></font><p><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/paul-keating-wants-barangaroo-harbour-control-tower-demolished-20141128-11w0du.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3">This
article written in November 2014 in the Sydney Morning Herald has a
photo of me 'en plein air', painting the Harbour Tower Paul Keating so
despised.</font></span></a></b></span><br /></p></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Office of Environment and Heritage had previously described the tower as being of state significance “for its pre-eminent role in the history and maritime operation of the Port of Sydney.The Tower demonstrates 35 years of 24/7 operation in the Port of Sydney from 1974-2009 as the Port Operations and Communications Centre providing supervisory control over the many thousands of shipping movements in Sydney Harbour every year,” the Office said in its previous listing of the tower as a heritage site.<br />After the Heritage Minister decided not to list the tower on the State Heritage Register, the NSW Government approved a development application from the Barangaroo Delivery Authority to remove the former Harbour Control Tower . In their words : 'in order to achieve a naturalistic form and character for the reserve that is consistent with the site’s concept plan'.<br />I can't think of anything less naturalistic than Barangaroo. For some reason it brings to mind a poem called aptly "Poetry" by Marianne Moore about an imaginary garden that had real toads in it.<br />But as in the poem, the developers and their cheerleaders have little time for anything that doesn't fit their very narrow definition of what is "useful". Certainly nothing as useless as heritage.</span></font><br /><i><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />'same thing may be said for all of us—that we<br /> do not admire what<br /> we cannot understand.'<br /><br />Excerpt from <br />"Poetry" by Marianne Moore</span></font></i><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The National Trust <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/barangaroo-tower-should-stay-experts-20140703-zsv45.html" target="_blank"> rejected a proposal</a> by the Barangaroo Delivery Authority to demolish the tower while the City of Sydney council wanted it retained as an artwork or public lookout.</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some people suggested alternate uses for the empty tower: bungee jumping, abseiling, a viewing tower over Sydney Harbour, or a “pop-out” café.<br />However the Barangaroo Reserve project director Peter Funder said “We looked at a number of re-use options and it just wasn’t viable. It completes the vision we’re trying to deliver here of recreating the headland of Barangaroo.” <br />As for arguments about usefulness, you could also question what practical use does the Barangaroo Headland Park serve. It has allegedly been returned to the 1836 footprint, yet it is far from natural bushland, and the public certainly isn't permitted to hunt or fish there. So it is a construct - just as artificial as the concrete wharf it replaced.</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This canvas painted in 2015 from the Stamford on Kent shows rows of lollipop like palm trees perched </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tier upon tier, as though on a giant wedding cake. The stairway to the top cuts through the cake like a knife cutting a slice out of the cake. Symmetrical and hierarchical, and as unlike real bushland as the horses on a carousel are from the living animals.<br /></span></font></span></font></p><p><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sx7gXQAIHo8/XxrQD6uklOI/AAAAAAAAX8g/H_k-3X5SwBcqgHehre4Cq9WZCGr4S-6JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/MP45%2BBarangaroo%2BHeadland%2BPark%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BStamford%2Bon%2BKent%2B2015%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B122%2Bx%2B153cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the construction of Barangaroo Headland Park from the Stamford on Kent painted by Jane Bennett" border="0" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sx7gXQAIHo8/XxrQD6uklOI/AAAAAAAAX8g/H_k-3X5SwBcqgHehre4Cq9WZCGr4S-6JgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h326/MP45%2BBarangaroo%2BHeadland%2BPark%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BStamford%2Bon%2BKent%2B2015%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B122%2Bx%2B153cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the construction of Barangaroo Headland Park from the Stamford on Kent painted by Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MP45 Barangaroo Headland Park from the <br />Stamford on Kent 2015 oil on canvas 122 x 153cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">COLLECTION: MITCHELL LIBRARY, STATE LIBRARY OF NSW</a><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">Enquiries</a><br /></span></font></b></i><font size="3"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b></i></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Its main function seems to be as a distraction from the scale of the southern end. </span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A spoonful of sugar to make the development go down. <br />A sort of 'Trojan park' under which is smuggled the true purpose of Barangaroo; to separate punters from their money.<br />It's a pity that almost all evidence of Sydney as an industrial port has been wiped away. I certainly found poetry in it.<br />I can't get used to the lack of Tower in the streetscapes of Millers Point - they look strangely empty now.</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Related Posts</b><br /></span></font></p></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><b><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/out-from-the-store-rooms-rare-paintings-that-capture-nsw-life-20181113-p50fpn.html?fbclid=IwAR1XaUZCRbp3Zur8rK2m9VkMMcVEWck-0wSUHsOlAjnYLtYQhxrSh6FPtto" target="_blank">Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about my Barangaroo painting on display in the new galleries of the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW</a></b><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><a href="https://franceskeevilgallery.com.au/collection-work/jane-bennett/bennett-bar-barangaroo" target="_blank"><b>Barangaroo paintings in Frances Keevil Gallery</b></a><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><b><a href="https://franceskeevilgallery.com.au/collection-work/jane-bennett/bennett-hct-harbour-control-tower" target="_blank">Paintings from the top of the Harbour Control Tower in Frances Keevil Gallery</a></b><br /></font></span></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Barangaroo NSW 2000, Australia-33.8637941 151.2022304-62.174027936178845 116.04598039999999 -5.5535602638211543 -173.64151960000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-63038008538997344272020-07-23T11:12:00.003+10:002020-11-22T20:44:12.994+11:00No Place like home - Plein air painting in Millers Point<div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>Today's painting on the easel of my deck gallery feels appropriate for these uncertain times when many people have been confined to their home in unexpected lockdown and have been rethinking many things they previously took for granted. Such as the relationship between the individual,the community and the government.</span></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUVQb6SQQjc/XxjgnlpR9QI/AAAAAAAAX6M/aBVGqFCH7U8yyoU9Q6y0oSGWmB8M0TAwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s474/23-7-20%2BMP22%2BThis%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2B2014%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas46%2Bx%2B61cm%2B%25281%2529.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of terrace in Lower Fort St Millers Point, painted by Jane Bennett on the easel of my deck gallery" border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUVQb6SQQjc/XxjgnlpR9QI/AAAAAAAAX6M/aBVGqFCH7U8yyoU9Q6y0oSGWmB8M0TAwgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/23-7-20%2BMP22%2BThis%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2B2014%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas46%2Bx%2B61cm%2B%25281%2529.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of terrace in Lower Fort St Millers Point, painted by Jane Bennett on the easel of my deck gallery" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Plein air painting on site with protest banner<br /> MP22 '67 Lower Fort st - This is my home' <br />2014 oil on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">Enquiries</a></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>What makes a house a home?</span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>Is it just a place, or is there something a bit more intangible and numinous?</span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>Why is where you live so important?</span></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjHqUGmgZF3EnmRIx-X0PhodLX7_LZ_8UPoE0KmCycjJV9Iq1WoThyphenhyphentX7p0sIMFcM_kI_39xrmoW1Nn9ljtcq5yS5I-4rBXr2hyEDvDn6RfU1u9V3OnfHIUlaFsnydnpb7CdCLpYSyGw/s720/23-7-20+MP22+This+is+my+home+2014+oil+on+canvas46+x+61cm+%25282%2529.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of terrace in Lower Fort St Millers Point, painted by Jane Bennett on the easel of my deck gallery" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjHqUGmgZF3EnmRIx-X0PhodLX7_LZ_8UPoE0KmCycjJV9Iq1WoThyphenhyphentX7p0sIMFcM_kI_39xrmoW1Nn9ljtcq5yS5I-4rBXr2hyEDvDn6RfU1u9V3OnfHIUlaFsnydnpb7CdCLpYSyGw/w400-h266/23-7-20+MP22+This+is+my+home+2014+oil+on+canvas46+x+61cm+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of terrace in Lower Fort St Millers Point, painted by Jane Bennett on the easel of my deck gallery" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Plein air painting on site with protest banner<br /> MP22 '67 Lower Fort st - This is my home' <br />2014 oil on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">Enquiries</a></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>I had been painting the East Darling Harbour Wharves for at least a decade before the development of Barangaroo so radically transformed the nature of the western side of the Sydney CBD. Long before the consequences of the end of Sydney's Working Harbour were understood by the general public, I could see the knock-on effect and how it would change the shape of people's lives.</span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>I increasingly started to paint in the streets of the Rocks and Millers Point,knowing that the departure of the heavy industry and shipping would leave </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>this area once again vulnerable to developers and the government. Only a couple of decades earlier, similar pressures had been faced, and the push back from an alliance of residents and unions culminated in the Green Bans led by the revered Jack Mundey AO. Some redevelopment ensued, but residents were relocated into purpose-built social housing in the Sirius Apartments, and Millers Point mostly held its ground.</span></span></font></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>But this time seemed different.<br /></span></span></font></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span>Millers Point, a historic harbourside enclave with 19th-century terraced houses is</span> only a stone's throw from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Walsh Bay Wharves and the former East Darling Harbour Wharves (now Barangaroo). <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The grand terraces of Lower Fort Street perch on the escarpment overlooking the Walsh Bay Wharves. They spent the last century owned by the Harbour Trust in its various manifestations, and run as 'residentials' for waterside workers. The wharves, stores and workers' housing were completely integrated. The tight knit community was composed of people whose families had worked on the wharves, in some cases over 5 generations.<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9v8u6_TDvQA/XxjVhZVgjrI/AAAAAAAAX54/vzJQnrp5eZkXElAxrCjFpMl4DkUyRHQGACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Painting%2B%2527This%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2Blow%2Bres%2B%252823%2529.jpg"><img alt="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9v8u6_TDvQA/XxjVhZVgjrI/AAAAAAAAX54/vzJQnrp5eZkXElAxrCjFpMl4DkUyRHQGACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/Painting%2B%2527This%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2Blow%2Bres%2B%252823%2529.jpg" title="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>Plein air painting on site with protest banner<br /> MP22 '67 Lower Fort st - This is my home' <br />2014 oil on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">Enquiries</a></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the 1980s the Millers Point residences passed from the control of the Maritime Services Board to that of the Department of Housing and there was a noticeable decline in service, repairs and maintenance of the properties. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In
2012 the NSW government decided that almost 300 public housing
properties at Millers Point must be sold saying the revenue would
contribute to the public housing budget although how exactly the money
will be spent hasn’t yet been made transparent.<br /></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bp9YovuYGl4/XxjU5XmvPHI/AAAAAAAAX5w/foiqLZB3-G4NwN1-ifcPxOaM5fdHwqK-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Painting%2B%2527This%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2Blow%2Bres%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bp9YovuYGl4/XxjU5XmvPHI/AAAAAAAAX5w/foiqLZB3-G4NwN1-ifcPxOaM5fdHwqK-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/Painting%2B%2527This%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2Blow%2Bres%2B%25284%2529.jpg" title="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="266" /></a></div></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Plein air painting on site with protest banner<br /> <span style="line-height: 1.5;">MP22 '67 Lower Fort st - This is my home' <br />2014 oil on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a><br /></span></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">You could easily tell which houses were still inhabited. Banners were hung over balconies, spray painted onto sheets in stencil
letters: 'Millers Point Not 4 Sale'; 'Say No to the Total Sell Off of
Public Assets'. <br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The ubiquitous Reg Mombassa designed protest T shirt of a skull smoking a cigar and wearing a top hat, flapped from every washing line.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I painted a series of canvases recording the protests.</span></font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2OwfMRl9Hs/XvrRuaGWdcI/AAAAAAAAXbk/Hg4zLlLWSFspxtnVb3Z6DFT6FtuDwWnpgCK4BGAsYHg/s800/MP22%2B%252767%2BLower%2BFort%2Bst%2B-%2BThis%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2B2014%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="800" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2OwfMRl9Hs/XvrRuaGWdcI/AAAAAAAAXbk/Hg4zLlLWSFspxtnVb3Z6DFT6FtuDwWnpgCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h330/MP22%2B%252767%2BLower%2BFort%2Bst%2B-%2BThis%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527%2B2014%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" title="Plein air painting of heritage terraces in Lower Fort Street Millers Point with protest banners painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></span></font></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container"><tbody><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Plein air painting on site with protest banner<br /> <span style="line-height: 1.5;">MP22 '67 Lower Fort st - This is my home' <br />2014 oil on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Enquiries</a><br /></span></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The most creative protest banner was a washing line "This is my Home" on the corner of lower Fort Street and Downshire Lane in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge. It summed up every emotion and argument in a single pithy line.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> As I painted this, I became friends with its author, Sally.</span></font><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></b></i><br /><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></b></i></div><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxXOisv_2Qo/XxV06CeH9cI/AAAAAAAAX3g/z6wcNo8LDXYXYzhodeNW7bn1aX056UBEACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h391/Painting%2B%2527This%2Bis%2Bmy%2Bhome%2527-%2Bwith%2Bthe%2Blizard%2Bof%2Boz%2Blow%2Bres%2B%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />The artist on site with the local wildlfe <br />while plein air painting on site<br /></span></font></b></i><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I adore lizards, especially blue tongues, and was very happy when Sally lent me her blue tongue lizard to cuddle. To protect it from the local cats, it had a refuge in the garbage bin left lying on its side. I'd wondered why the bins were apparently scattered randomly on the tree stumps, and then realized they were lizard havens filled with rocks, food and water for 6 out of 7 days, and only used briefly for their original purpose.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I returned to paint a much larger canvas, but soon after, some low life stole Sally's T shirts. She replaced them with a set of towels with another appropriate and thought-provoking motto, "Age in place" stencilled on them.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sally was a real character. Despite almost unbearable daily pressure from the authorities, she had the moxie to take the Government to court to try to remain in the home she had lived in for over 30 years. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unfortunately after putting up a spirited fight, she eventually lost the case and was relocated against her will. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Related Posts <br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://mirrorsydney.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/millers-point-three-years-on/" target="_blank">Millers Point Three years On</a></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Vanessa Berry's blog 'Mirror Sydney'- with a photo of me painting in High Street) <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://clearinghousetunsw.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Millers Point through the Looking Glass "Clearing House</a></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLEARING HOUSE is the Tenants' Union of NSW's record of what's going on
in Social and Affordable Housing portfolio redevelopment and renewal in
New South Wales. They asked my permission to use my painting on this site.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/07/millers-point-from-top-of-harbour.html" target="_blank">Millers Point from the top of the Harbour Control Tower</a><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/tie-yellow-ribbon.html" target="_blank"><b><br /></b></a></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2020/06/tie-yellow-ribbon.html" target="_blank"><b>Tie a yellow ribbon</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/11/there-goes-neighbourhood.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/11/there-goes-neighbourhood.html" target="_blank"><b>There goes the neighbourhood</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://walshbayhistory.net/stories/paintings-of-the-old-port" target="_blank"><b>Walsh Bay History - Paintings of a passing Port</b></a><br /></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Lower Fort St, Millers Point NSW 2000, Australia-33.8574705 151.206273-62.167704336178844 116.05002300000001 -5.5472366638211525 -173.637477tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-208552799715434952020-07-17T20:13:00.004+10:002020-08-03T11:24:48.598+10:00Monet and Streeton meet Windsor Bridge<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Windsor is one of the 'Macquarie towns' on the Hawkesbury River created in the early 19th century by Governor Lachlan Macquarie as the foodbowl of Sydney.
</span></font><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXzyfAQEHhM/XxEfc1EVOOI/AAAAAAAAXyU/THg_puEhbzECZqf3UV-ZTKXK_RaQsoBRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/web%2BTSWB1%2BWindsor%2BBridge%2Bfrom%2Bwestern%2Bside%2B2013%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="600" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXzyfAQEHhM/XxEfc1EVOOI/AAAAAAAAXyU/THg_puEhbzECZqf3UV-ZTKXK_RaQsoBRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h304/web%2BTSWB1%2BWindsor%2BBridge%2Bfrom%2Bwestern%2Bside%2B2013%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></span></font></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <i><b>TSWB1 Windsor Bridge from western side <br />2013 acrylic on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thompson Square, established in 1795 at the centre of Windsor, is thought to be the oldest public square in Australia. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> The old Windsor Bridge was a beam bridge built in 1874 for horse-drawn vehicles.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This canvas was painted in 2013 before NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) department had started work on the replacement bridge, </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">35 metres (115 ft) downstream from the existing bridge.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><span></span> </span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The bank on the Freeman's Reach side of the Hawkesbury, where I painted this idyllic view marks exactly where the new bridge is now situated. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I painted these scenes in jacaranda flowering season as the bluish mauves offset the bright greens of the foreground.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="302" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hPImVZpDV1k/XxFw8JpSDlI/AAAAAAAAXyg/9CHlmawOoisNBvACZo8fpAvBhfmpK_N-wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h302/web%2BTSWB3%2BWindsor%2BBridge%2Bearly%2Bmorning%2Bfrom%2Bwestern%2Bside%2B2013%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46%2Bx%2B61cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>TSWB3 Windsor Bridge early morning from western side <br />2013 acrylic on canvas 46 x 61cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></span></font></b></i><br /></span></font><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></b></i><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The old bridge is an austere construction </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></font>modestly proportioned </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">piers and the engineering of the
cross bracing </span></font> consistent with the challenges of its location. </span></font><br /></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the Hawkesbury River from the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkTaRKYh2j4/XxFxfmRKEtI/AAAAAAAAXyo/ewFQ1gBNEvkl-z8geODq3Dm_uJYjMJ41QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h195/webTSWB12%2BView%2Bfrom%2BWindsor%2BBridge%2Bin%2Bjacaranda%2Bseason%2B2015%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B25%2Bx%2B51cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the Hawkesbury River from the old Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>TSWB12 View from Windsor Bridge in jacaranda season <br />2015 oil on canvas 25 x 51cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></span></font></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As you can see from the painting above, the </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">real charm of Windsor Bridge is revealled in its river vistas.</span></font></span></font></div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Monet would have loved this spot. And my gallerist, on seeing these works, did ask if I'd painted them in France.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This
area certainly inspired Arthur Streeton, one of the Australian
Impressionists, who painted his masterpiece "The Purple Noon's
Transparent Might" not far from here.</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the construction of the new Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="199" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B_Sa2jsu9hA/XxFy9gQCUuI/AAAAAAAAXy0/xEw_YZnpDgYeysFiJMRTIkugn-AIFmVrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h199/webTSWB16%2B%2527Windsor%2BBridge%2527%2B2019%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B91%2Bx%2B183cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the construction of the new Windsor Bridge painted by heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>TSWB16 'Construction of the new Windsor Bridge' 2019 <br />oil on canvas 91 x 183cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But now the timeless harmony of the sleepy river and the Georgian, Victorian and Federation architecture of Thompson Square has been surrounded by a maelstrom of excavation and construction.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most of the old trees have now been felled.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The new bridge opened to traffic on 18th May 2020.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The new approach
road rises up on a large visually intrusive embankment as it cuts a swathe
through the square. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There is now a bitter battle to save the 140 year old bridge from demolition. The RMS has stated that it will start removal in the coming months, but many would prefer the old bridge to be restored and left in situ. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Related posts</span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/windsor.html" target="_blank">My page of Windsor Paintings</a><br /></span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2013/07/painting-thompson-square-windsor.html" target="_blank">Painting Thompson Square, Windsor</a><br /></span></font></b></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-boiling-frog.html" target="_blank"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></a></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-boiling-frog.html" target="_blank"><b>The Boiling Frog</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/08/fish-and-chips.html" target="_blank"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fish and chips<br /></span></font></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-phantom-toll-house.html" target="_blank"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Phantom Toll House</span></font></b></a></div><br />Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Windsor Bridge, Bridge St, Freemans Reach NSW 2756, Australia-33.6032647 150.8222356-61.913498536178842 115.6659856 -5.2930308638211514 -174.0215144tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-3060411952030121792020-07-14T21:03:00.001+10:002020-07-14T21:08:41.571+10:00Millers Point from the top of the Harbour Control Tower<div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font size="3">Before the inevitable demolition of the Harbour Control Tower, I wanted to paint a very large panorama of this amazing view</font>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd had the run of the top floor and the amenities level of the 87 metre high Harbour Control Tower from the early 2000s until port operations finished there in April 2011. Afterwards I had occasional access to create paintings of various stages of the construction of Barangaroo.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I'd spent many </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unforgettable </span></font> New Year’s Eves on the top floor, painting 360 degrees of the fireworks exploding underneath against the spectacular harbour view.</span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The perspective was very tricky, so I warmed up with a few smaller works first.</span></span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a small study of the rooftops of the heritage Miller's Point terraces and the former Bond stores of the Walsh Bay Wharves. </span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Miller's Point and Walsh Bay Wharves from top of the Harbour Control Tower painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="307" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_rDVHDgUQF4E/TSgl30QG6rI/AAAAAAAAKoI/UJJz_3aF7EE/w400-h307/Painting Miller's Point from top of Harbour Tower - 31409.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Miller's Point and Walsh Bay Wharves from top of the Harbour Control Tower painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /></span><div><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Work in progress " Miller's Point and Walsh Bay Wharves</b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> from top of the Harbour Control Tower "<br /></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>2014 oil painting on canvas 36 x 46cm</b></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There was such an overwhelming mass of tiny
details that I needed to tackle this subject in a series of small works before
risking getting bogged down in a huge oil painting. I wanted to understand
the rhythm of the landscape. <br /></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The perspective is made more complex by the
landbridges over the twisting streets winding their way from the angled
rows of Walsh Bay Wharves up the hills. <br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The entire suburb of Miller's
Point lies at my feet and the</span></font></span></span></font></span></span> roads seem to curve towards the Opera
House in the middle distance.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WIx-b-M9nvM/Xw2FC2yJ60I/AAAAAAAAXvU/75A8MnInjgsoNwLlfJ2gWWnHPk6cLHlbACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/web%2BHCT47%2B%2B%2527Millers%2BPoint%2Bfrom%2Btop%2Bof%2BHarbour%2BTower%2527%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B36%2Bx%2B46cm..jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Miller's Point and Walsh Bay Wharves from top of the Harbour Control Tower painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="600" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WIx-b-M9nvM/Xw2FC2yJ60I/AAAAAAAAXvU/75A8MnInjgsoNwLlfJ2gWWnHPk6cLHlbACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h310/web%2BHCT47%2B%2B%2527Millers%2BPoint%2Bfrom%2Btop%2Bof%2BHarbour%2BTower%2527%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B36%2Bx%2B46cm..jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Miller's Point and Walsh Bay Wharves from top of the Harbour Control Tower painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HCT47 'Millers Point from top of Harbour Tower' <br />oil on canvas 36 x 46cm</span></font></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you can see, my palette changed by the time I finished this work - one of the hazards of working 'en plein air'. I started early, but didn't finish for a few hours, so the clear pale yellows of the morning deepened to the burnt orange and rich purple shadows of the afternoon. <br />I had to stand on a chair to paint this, as the windows on the Amenities floor were a bit too high for me to see the terraces. <br />I'm only 5'1"- short, even for a woman.<br />Exactly the same height as Toulouse-Lautrec. Unfortunately I love painting canvases on an epic scale</span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";">. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The tower would sway in
the wind, sometimes almost imperceptibly, and sometimes with a rolling
motion that can induce seasickness which is distracting when trying to
paint fine details.</span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the far distance, you can see the silhouette of the half-demolished Hammerhead Crane on Garden Island, which was finally removed by October 2014. I had just finished a stint as 'Artist in Residence' on Garden Island painting this before the demolition started.<br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The demolition of the Harbour Control Tower would be next. However I did manage to finish a few large scale panoramas from the top floor, before I lost one of my best studios forever.</span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The State library now has several of these works in their collection.<br /></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></span></b></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Related articles</span></font></span></b></span></font></span></div><div><a 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Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-672239481693535102020-07-13T10:01:00.000+10:002020-07-13T10:20:01.690+10:00Meltdown-Oxycutting, William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn<div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> The now derelict 'William Wallbank and Sons' was a foundry on the Parramatta Road, Auburn, built in 1932. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I've been painting the machinery before it is all stripped out and sent to a scrap metal yard.</span></font></span></font></span></font></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7yJcQbiRp-w/WOY9wRKtfvI/AAAAAAAAV2c/ib-fYbiGcIoLjLFwBmjhwCJ7dZ7GKA9YACLcB/w400-h266/weblow%2Bres%2BPainting%2Bof%2Boxycutting%2B%25281%2529.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW5 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry <br /></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2017 oil on canvas 46cm tondo </span></font></b></i></span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /></span></font></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Some of the ladles and other machinery that couldn't be sold intact were being broken up for scrap</span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> by </span></font> oxycutting. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">During this exciting process, I </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">painted </span></font>some small and medium circular canvases, known as tondos.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">In Art, the circular format of the tondo was often used for religious subjects.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Extreme chiaroscuro was also exploited by artists such as Caravaggio, to heighten the </span></font></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">contrast between the gloomy background and the intensely illuminated saints or angels.<br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The fire in the dim interior gave the scene a mysterious atmosphere, reminding me of the nocturnal paintings of one of my favourite artists, Georges de la Tour. </span></font><br /><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Figures in his paintings are enveloped in shifting accretions of darkness - hands and features picked
out by pooling, smoky light.</span></font></span></font></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span></font></span></font><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZIrvVtDxuEg/WOY9wzF-duI/AAAAAAAAV2g/OZqSxu1zKp8Pb4HnxxJT0xLWrqfXraLnQCLcB/w400-h266/weblow%2Bres%2BPainting%2Bof%2Boxycutting%2B%25282%2529.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW5 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry <br /></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2017 oil on canvas 46cm tondo" </span></font></b></i></span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /></span></font></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Oxycutting </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">is one of the oldest welding processes.</span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A torch is used to heat the metal to its kindling temperature. </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">When
it's cherry red, </span></font></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">a stream of oxygen is focused</span></font> on the heated part and </span></font></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">chemically </span></font>reacts
with the </span></font></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">ferrous </span></font>metal, producing more heat and forming </span></font></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">molten iron oxide </span></font>which is then
blasted out of the cut.</span></font> <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The
melting point of the iron oxide is about half that of the metal being
cut, so it will immediately turn to liquid iron oxide and flow away from
the cutting zone.<br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Am9UKcFpRSg/WOY94v4hlEI/AAAAAAAAV2k/_5Xf2zMO-C8-UR0kv9Eq7Rg8WSuhyxnvwCLcB/w400-h266/webPainting%2Boxycutting%2B%25283%2529.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW5 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry <br /></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2017 oil on canvas 46cm tondo" </span></font></b></i></span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /><br /></span></font></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Starting a cut in the middle of a workpiece is known as piercing. </span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Once it has started, steel can be cut surprisingly quickly, far faster than if it were completely melted through.</span></font></span></font></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Sometimes remnants of iron oxide remain on the workpiece, forming a hard "slag" which can be removed by tapping or grinding. </span></font></span></font><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="289" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VuQN-9rXjm4/WOY5yhpRG_I/AAAAAAAAV2E/I2FuUE2yWoQ1fsxQLLg5djKCj1sgLj7wgCLcB/w400-h289/web%2BAWW6%2BOxycutting%252C%2BWilliam%2BWallbank%2B%252B%2BSons%2Bfoundry%2B%2B2017%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bpaper%2B56%2Bx%2B76cm.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW6 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry <br /> 2017 acrylic on paper 56 x 76cm </span></font></span></font></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> <br /><br /><br /></span></font><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The
hottest part of the flame is
approximately 6,000 °F (3,300 °C) - hot enough to easily
melt steel. <br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font>But the flame of the </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">cutting torch </span></font></span></font>is not intended to melt the metal, just bring it to its ignition temperature. </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The rest of the heat is created by the burning metal itself. </span></font></span></font> </span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Xk9QjWoHbg/WOY5yMKDiZI/AAAAAAAAV2A/mGQ0wVDSVKsy61iA04mn1Iso-hLsRzgMACEw/w400-h398/web%2BAWW5%2BOxycutting%252C%2BWilliam%2BWallbank%2B%252B%2BSons%2Bfoundry%2B%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B61cm%2Btondo.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a> <br /></span></font></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW5 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry <br /></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2017 oil on canvas 46cm tondo" </span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">. <br /></span></font></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A basic oxy-acetylene rig is faster than a petrol-driven cut-off grinder, as well as lighter, smaller, quieter and not as prone to severe vibration. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Oxy-acetylene torches can easily cut through ferrous materials as thick as 200 mm. </span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">However oxy-acetylene has its limitations. It can only efficiently cut low- to medium-carbon steels and wrought iron. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">High-carbon steels aren't suitable because the melting point of the slag is closer to the melting point of the parent meta.The slag from the cutting action mixes with the clean melt near the cut, which means the oxygen doesn't reach the clean metal to burn it. With cast iron, graphite between the grains interferes with the cutting action of the torch. Stainless steels can't be cut either with this process, because the material doesn't burn as easily.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X96topjLA5E/WOY6aQPQ0ZI/AAAAAAAAV2M/UllOhxd1_BgmVYlKfDA69R3phDunq_5PQCLcB/w394-h400/web%2BAWW7%2BOxycutting%252C%2BWilliam%2BWallbank%2B%252B%2BSons%2Bfoundry%2B2%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B46cm%2Btondo.jpg" title="Plein air painting of oxycutting machinery in the interior of the disused foundry William Wallbank and Sons, Auburn painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="394" /></a> <br /></span></font></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">AWW7 Oxycutting, William Wallbank + Sons foundry 2 <br /></span></font></b></i></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2017 oil on canvas 46cm tondo </span></font></b></i></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Painting this was fascinating, but there was an undercurrent of sadness, as it <br /></span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">marked the point of no return. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The life of the former foundry was at an end, and its vivisection will be the last fires lit inside.</span></font><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><i><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></i></div><blockquote><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"Some say the world will end in fire,<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
Some say in ice.<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
From what I’ve tasted of desire<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
I hold with those who favor fire.<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
But if it had to perish twice,<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
I think I know enough of hate<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
To say that for destruction ice<br /></i></span></font></div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
Is also great<br /></i></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
And would suffice."</i></span></font></blockquote><i><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost</span></font></i><br /></div><div><br /></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.15;">Related posts<br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Rust Bucket</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Steady Rest</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Scar Tissue</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Wrong side of the tracks - Darling Island Bond and Free</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">All fired up</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Eveleigh - Industrial heritage artist at work</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Irons in the fire</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">White Bay Power Station - Inside Out</a><br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.15;">Power Base - Artist in Residence at the White Bay Power Station</a></b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;"> </a> </span></font></span></font>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0187 Parramatta Rd, Auburn NSW 2144, Australia-33.840814 151.0350622-62.151047836178847 115.8788122 -5.5305801638211562 -173.80868780000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-63776072751654154202020-07-07T13:40:00.002+10:002020-07-07T17:43:34.737+10:00Shadowboard<div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"></span></span></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">A shadow board is one of the most common options for tool storage found in amateur and professional workshops and sheds </span></font>the world over. Its noble aim is to organize the workplace so that tools are </span></span></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">near the work station where they are to be used.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fJufrk1TEe0/XwO-KB5p8gI/AAAAAAAAXpo/l71rStSidA4Sx6NNjP3PqR0tFQ6eclPnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fJufrk1TEe0/XwO-KB5p8gI/AAAAAAAAXpo/l71rStSidA4Sx6NNjP3PqR0tFQ6eclPnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%25283%2529.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Work in progress on the easel</b><b><br /></b></i></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;">E135A 'Shadowboard - No Brake' 2017 <br />oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /></b></i></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">Shadow boards have the outlines of a work station's tools marked on them, </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font>so operators can quickly </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">identify </span></font> which tools are in use or missing</span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font>. <br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">As well as </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">providing easy access
to tools,t</span></font></span></font>hey are supposed to reduce time spent searching for the correct tool; to reduce losses due to carelessness, lack of proper </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">maintenance </span></font> or theft; to improve work station safety as tools are replaced safely after use, rather than becoming potential hazards; to reduce clutter; and</span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></font></span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">to maximize the space available.</span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--8-fWI2-GDc/XwO-UKvyMXI/AAAAAAAAXps/WurZURLGKvkZYhelMqd3qKnazi5f64vmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%252815%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--8-fWI2-GDc/XwO-UKvyMXI/AAAAAAAAXps/WurZURLGKvkZYhelMqd3qKnazi5f64vmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%252815%2529.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Work in progress on the easel<br /></b></i></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;">E135A 'Shadowboard - No Brake' 2017 <br />oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /></b></i></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><br /><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Well that was the Platonic ideal anyway.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The dream of imposing order on chaos is often cruelly exposed as exactly that - a dream, when reality kicks in.</span></span></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">How should a shadowboard be organized?</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Sounds so easy and straightforward, but it reveals fundamental and often irreconcilable differences in temperament, age and level of expertise, and can be the source of perpetual bickering, even long-running feuds.</span></span></span></font></div><div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Moim6SPGV78/XwO-gdz9_LI/AAAAAAAAXp0/_LFhyZIUAeUC95zqLZ4pN-omjLYpfUP2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%252817%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Moim6SPGV78/XwO-gdz9_LI/AAAAAAAAXp0/_LFhyZIUAeUC95zqLZ4pN-omjLYpfUP2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%252817%2529.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Work in progress on the easel</b><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;">E135A 'Shadowboard - No Brake' 2017 <br />oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a><br /></b></i></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font></div></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Should it be organized by type of tool (all spanners, screwdrivers etc grouped together), by size (aesthetically pleasing to have a hierarchy of tools descending by size, but not necessarily the most practical), by frequency of use (commonly used tools in the middle where they are easily removed or replaced) by ease of removal /replacement </span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">(large, awkwardly sized or heavy tools placed where people don't have to reach up or down for them) or by what is required for common tasks (a particular size of wrench/saw/hammer/screwdriver etc are often needed together for a task that crops up frequently).</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Sometimes it can even be a passive-aggressive wish list, like a recent commercial for a hardware line of products where empty outlines were left for needed or desired tools, either in hope of a future financial windfall or thoughtful gift.</span></span></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGsaXgEEAXA/XwFIQt9wJ2I/AAAAAAAAXnE/zyiJcbyMcDwvgsdrfTOKEbwxVYaOiogkACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E135B%2527Shadowboard%2B-Do%2Bnot%2Bpull%2Ball%2Bway%2Bout%2B%2527%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bmetal%2Bpanel%2B51%2Bx%2B51cm.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the Large Erecting Shop in the Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2016" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGsaXgEEAXA/XwFIQt9wJ2I/AAAAAAAAXnE/zyiJcbyMcDwvgsdrfTOKEbwxVYaOiogkACLcBGAsYHQ/w394-h400/E135B%2527Shadowboard%2B-Do%2Bnot%2Bpull%2Ball%2Bway%2Bout%2B%2527%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bmetal%2Bpanel%2B51%2Bx%2B51cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the Large Erecting Shop in the Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption" style="line-height: 1.5;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";">E135B'Shadowboard with 44 class diesel<br />-(Do not pull all way out) ' <br />2017 oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" style="line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Available</a></span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The usual result is a hotch potch of all the above.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Jumble of the useful, the once useful and now obsolete, the broken bits, the spare parts that 'may come in handy'; the lost, strayed and some frankly useless items that seem to breed unchecked in dark corners. When, if ever, were any of these used? Last week? Last century?</span></span></span></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1AXN6FmSvM/XwO-rxo6VEI/AAAAAAAAXp8/dc_dR4IKcqgWibSXKA5PuQGz5Nte6DSiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plein air oil painting of 44 class diesel with still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="800" height="246" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1AXN6FmSvM/XwO-rxo6VEI/AAAAAAAAXp8/dc_dR4IKcqgWibSXKA5PuQGz5Nte6DSiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h246/low%2Bres%2BShadowboard%2B%25281%2529.jpg" title="plein air oil painting of 44 class diesel with still life of tools and machinery interior of the Large Erecting Shop, Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Work in progress on the easel</b></i></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;">E135B'Shadowboard with 44 class diesel<br />-(Do not pull all way out) ' <br />2017 oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /></b></i></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font></b></i></span></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I used metal panels to paint on instead of my usual canvas, leaving the metal bare when the tool was shiny and well maintained, and only painting the non-metallic or rusty parts. The work above also includes a 44 class diesel lurking in the background.<br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The faded, naive lettering found on cryptic signs create abstract yet evocative grids of letters and word fragments,</span></span> c<span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">olour and text fading into meditative, elegiac compositions.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Other mysteries abound. As this is a workshop filled with tools and presumably people who know how to use them, why did someone bother to write "Do not pull all way out" on the drawers of the cabinet beneath, instead of fixing the drawer? <br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I'm no handyperson, but even I can fix drawers - it's fiddly but not <i>that </i>hard.<br /></span></span></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8jLmwSKQhU/XwFHhAYxtGI/AAAAAAAAXm8/CjxmpBpLqakviC5d6Ob7EsRD1XRkmZDlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E135A%2B%2527Shadowboard%2B-%2BNo%2BBrake%2527%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bmetal%2Bpanel%2B51%2Bx%2B51cm.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the Large Erecting Shop in the Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="2048" height="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8jLmwSKQhU/XwFHhAYxtGI/AAAAAAAAXm8/CjxmpBpLqakviC5d6Ob7EsRD1XRkmZDlQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h399/E135A%2B%2527Shadowboard%2B-%2BNo%2BBrake%2527%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bmetal%2Bpanel%2B51%2Bx%2B51cm.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the Large Erecting Shop in the Eveleigh Railway Workshops painted by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">E135A 'Shadowboard - No Brake' 2017 <br />oil on metal panel 51 x 51cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" style="line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Available</a></span></b></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></font></div></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><font size="3">A<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> massive Marie Kondo attack has been carried out in the Large Erecting Shop to tackle decades of clutter. Nothing to do with sparking joy.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Everything deemed not strictly necessary to the re-purposing of </span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">the Large Erecting Shop as a running shed is being given the old heave-ho - best case scenario sent to Thirlmere, worst case - the skip.</span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I
was chased from one end of the shed to the other, as wherever I set up
my easel, I seemed to get in the way. I was hunting for a quiet corner
as the situation brought out crankiness in normally laid back people. I
was incessantly asked "why I was painting this rubbish instead of the
trains", but most of the trains will still exist somewhere, while this
sort of subject, evoking the true spirit of the workshop, is ephemeral.</span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">But fashions change as to what is deemed 'necessary' and unique and quirky items can be lost or destroyed in the rush to impose order on chaos..<br /></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">In the Large Erecting Shop the shadowboards are no longer functional as no repair or maintenance will be carried out there. <br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ghost boards with ghost signs for ghost trains. <br /></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">They show the never to be filled outlines of lost tools for lost purposes.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Headstones of the workshop.</span></span></span></font></div><div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;">More paintings of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops </a></b><br /> </span></font><br /></span></span></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Related Posts</b></span></font></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/03/ghost-train.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></a></div><div><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/03/ghost-train.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="3"><b>Ghost Train</b></font></span></a><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><b style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2017/08/ghost-in-machine.html" target="_blank">Ghost in the machine</a><br /></b></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; 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line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2012/03/fire-within.html" target="_blank"><b>The fire within</b></a></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com08 Locomotive St, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia-33.8955459 151.193753-62.205779736178847 116.03750299999999 -5.5853120638211564 -173.64999699999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-85357291500742439292020-07-03T18:10:00.001+10:002020-07-17T15:37:47.189+10:00 The empty mask- Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill, Pyrmont<font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">Built in 1896, the Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill was the last and one of the longest operating flour mills operating in inner Sydney. <br /> The main building was a 4 storey brick flour mill in the utilitarian Federation Free Classical architectural style, with rectangular window openings and a corrugated iron roof behind a plain parapet. <br />The north facade had a large triangular pediment bearing the business name "Edwin Davey and Sons". On the western side, an extension built out to the cliff line. There was a rail siding from the old Metropolitan Goods Line on the northern side, below the escarpment with some remaining wheat elevation gear and corrugated iron clad extensions at the back of the mill. <br />By the time of these paintings from the early 2000s, the interior had long been gutted of any machinery and there are obvious horizontal bands of bracing girdling the exterior facade and keeping its last few bricks from falling onto the cars below.<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the exterior facade of the ruin of the Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qW08jWsnJK4/XvQ-zY1PpHI/AAAAAAAAXK0/UoEVva-cue0n5JMxL3r3_xzBMVMAJwA5gCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h266/web%2BP263A%2B%2527Edwin%2BDavey%2BFlour%2BMill%2527%2B2012%2Boil%2Bon%2Bboard%2B26x38cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the exterior facade of the ruin of the Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>P263A 'Edwin Davey Flour Mill' <br />2012 oil on board 26 x 38cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;">Available</a></b></i><br />Until the 1860s the Ultimo end of the Pyrmont peninsula was still an undeveloped grazing property owned by Surgeon John Harris and his heirs. <br />In 1895, 10 lots of Block 42 of the Harris Estate was bought by Freeman and Sons, producers of a large range of household goods, who built a flour mill on the site. <br />In 1900 Edwin Davey, who already owned mills in South Australia, bought the Ultimo Roller Mills, to produce flour for export, as freight costs from Sydney were better than in Adelaide. <br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzXLJZ44Wbo/Xv7hg3K8z5I/AAAAAAAAXj0/eyKxVwolKuk9rQ_N_EMg0FC1hnYps7yBQCK4BGAsYHg/s600/P100%2BDemolition%2Bof%2Bthe%2BFielder%2BGillespie%2BFlour%2BMills%2B2%2B1992%2Boil%2B75x100cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the demolition of the Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzXLJZ44Wbo/Xv7hg3K8z5I/AAAAAAAAXj0/eyKxVwolKuk9rQ_N_EMg0FC1hnYps7yBQCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h294/P100%2BDemolition%2Bof%2Bthe%2BFielder%2BGillespie%2BFlour%2BMills%2B2%2B1992%2Boil%2B75x100cm%2B%25282%2529.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the demolition of the Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>P100 Demolition of the Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills 2 <br />1992 oil on paper 75 x 100cm <br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;">Available</a></b></i><br />The Ultimo Mill went into production in 1901 under the name Chanticleer Flour and operated until 1992, when it became part of Weston Milling Ltd. As the Ultimo mill was small and old fashioned, it was closed, gutted and sold for development. <br />By coincidence, about the same time, over the opposite side of Pyrmont Peninsula, Fielder Gillespie Flour Mills, next to the Pyrmont Power Station, was also being demolished. After a few weeks the Fielder Gillespie site was completely cleared and remained empty space until eventual redevelopment as a Woolworths and various other shops and offices. By contrast, the ghostly skeleton of the Edwin Davey and Sons building haunted the western edge of Pyrmont for a generation.<br /><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the ruin of the Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="218" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0pOzpzLQ94Q/Xu8kxEbP0cI/AAAAAAAAW9w/TUL_KcsJoxMtY2Yh0RgsOCK1qgfFd_pQACK4BGAsYHg/w400-h218/P263%2B%2527Edwin%2BDavey%2BFlour%2BMill%2527%2B2012%2Boil%2Bon%2Bpaper%2B13x23cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the interior of the ruin of the Edwin Davey and Sons Flour Mill, Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /><i><b>P263 'Edwin Davey Flour Mill' <br />2012 oil on paper 13 x 23cm<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="line-height: 1.5;">Available</a></b></i><br /> By 2001 the building had been reduced to a wafer thin shell of bricks propped up in front of a weedy wasteland.<br />My painting above shows the interior of the facade, criss-crossed with bracing and scribbled over with cryptic graffiti. <br /></span></font><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">The empty mask formerly known as the Edwin Davey and Sons flour mill was for almost 30 years a landmark for anyone driving to or from Pyrmont over the Anzac Bridge.It was demolished and replaced by an apartment block, with a small shed cantilevered on the western facade. <br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">It lights up at night in a token gesture to the former building's existence.</span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><b>Related posts</b></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; 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many other inner city neighbourhoods, this one has so far dodged the
relentless rollout of Westconnex and other highways and tollways that
has blitzed several other nearby suburbs on the fringe of the city.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">In 2009, the NSW Government's proposal for a Metro entrance in the charming
historical precinct of Union Square had threatened to obliterate one of
the last remaining vestiges of Pyrmont's heritage. But times and governments change, and the whole project was cancelled in 2010. The vaguely Parisian atmosphere of Union Square remains a charming contrast to the bloated pomposity of the Star Casino only a block away. </span></font> </span></font><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICU3lQtewrg/XviMpoH86sI/AAAAAAAAXS4/f0JMcRZGsnEvxeAJ-32FuyTE-BxtVRPfQCK4BGAsYHg/s800/P277%2BUnion%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B%252B%2BPaternoster%2BRow%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2011%2B31x103cm.jpg"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="116" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICU3lQtewrg/XviMpoH86sI/AAAAAAAAXS4/f0JMcRZGsnEvxeAJ-32FuyTE-BxtVRPfQCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h116/P277%2BUnion%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B%252B%2BPaternoster%2BRow%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2011%2B31x103cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a><br /></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>P277 Union Square Terraces + Paternoster Row <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><i><b>2011 </b></i>oil on canvas 31 x 103cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></font></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;">One of the many joys of plein air painting is that the time that I have to spend looking at my subject reveals tiny details lost to a more casual observer.</font></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;">On the corner of Union st and
Paternoster Row there is a faded and clumsily drawn painting of an
almost headless black cat, which goes mostly unnoticed by the passing cyclists. It fascinates me that this cryptic little fragment has somehow escaped being scraped off or obliterated with a schmick new paint job.<br /></font></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;">It was painted by an eccentric street artist Bruno Dutot some
time between about 1989 and 1991 before the arrival of a more strident fashion in graffiti from New York a few years later. <br /></font></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K0FxilUzYAE/Xv3NvwMBXuI/AAAAAAAAXhI/ucIS0n5c164vQh_pxIwiDQH6FD08_pLWgCK4BGAsYHg/s875/P277%2BDetail%2Bof%2Bcat%2B-Union%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B%252B%2BPaternoster%2BRow%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2011%2B31x103cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="875" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K0FxilUzYAE/Xv3NvwMBXuI/AAAAAAAAXhI/ucIS0n5c164vQh_pxIwiDQH6FD08_pLWgCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h324/P277%2BDetail%2Bof%2Bcat%2B-Union%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B%252B%2BPaternoster%2BRow%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2011%2B31x103cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b>P277 Detail of cat painted on wall-<br />Union Square Terraces + Paternoster Row <br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">2011 </span>oil on canvas 31 x 103cm<br /></b></i><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></font></span></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">This fragment of a cat once had a very soigne companion, painted in a style reminiscent of
Erte, but in an endearingly amateur fashion. She was a slender, highly
stylized and stylish woman called rather weirdly, "Oucha", and versions of this image cropped up all over the inner city in her heyday of the late 1980s - 1990s.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I remember passing her strangely elongated image on the corner of Union Square and Paternoster Row, back in the days when Union Square had two-way traffic and was a shortcut to the Fishmarkets and Glebe.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xV3oF9y1xD4/Xv55QrQNZ9I/AAAAAAAAXiE/wZkQXHEmcdoBPAP7ufn-qa_EcgHaAYn-gCK4BGAsYHg/s800/P274%2BUnion%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B4%2B-%2Ba%2Blittle%2Bpiece%2Bof%2BParis%2Bin%2BPyrmont%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2010%2B31x61cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="800" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xV3oF9y1xD4/Xv55QrQNZ9I/AAAAAAAAXiE/wZkQXHEmcdoBPAP7ufn-qa_EcgHaAYn-gCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h198/P274%2BUnion%2BSquare%2BTerraces%2B4%2B-%2Ba%2Blittle%2Bpiece%2Bof%2BParis%2Bin%2BPyrmont%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B2010%2B31x61cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of panorama of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b>P274 Union Square Terraces 4 - <br />a little piece of Paris in Pyrmont<br /> <font style="line-height: 1.5;">2010 </font>oil on canvas 31 x 61cm<br /></b></i><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></b></i></span><br /><br /></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The painting above shows Union Square from Paternoster Row down to Pyrmont Street. It was painted in 2010, just before the cancellation of the Metro plans had been made public. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Back then, the chimneys of the Pyrmont Power Station loomed over the terraces of Union Square instead of the equally </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">monolithic Casino. The 'Harlequin Inn' which can be seen to the right of this canvas, on the corner of Union Square and Harris Street, was then the more down at heel 'Duke of Wellington' and boasted a huge and incongruous cartwheel as a wall feature. The two way road has been transformed into a one way lane with a large pedestrian area circling the "Angel of Union Square", with seating and odd sandstone 'mushrooms' (actually part of the balustrade salvaged long ago from the now pedestrianized Pyrmont Bridge) But, essentially, very little has changed in Union Square since the 1980s.</span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tqi560b-htU/Xv52iYnmpTI/AAAAAAAAXho/OYcMGghZ_XQKljymhJZbOYR4Q9rdPoZ_ACK4BGAsYHg/s500/P242%2BPyrmont%2BPost%2BOffice%2B1993%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75%2Bx%2B100cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont Post Office and the Pyrmont War Memorial Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="500" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tqi560b-htU/Xv52iYnmpTI/AAAAAAAAXho/OYcMGghZ_XQKljymhJZbOYR4Q9rdPoZ_ACK4BGAsYHg/w400-h301/P242%2BPyrmont%2BPost%2BOffice%2B1993%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B75%2Bx%2B100cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont Post Office and the Pyrmont War Memorial Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b>P242 Pyrmont Post Office <br />1993 oil on canvas 75 x 100cm<br /><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></font></span></font></span></font></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The painting </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">above </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">was painted in the early 1990s</span></font> from the other end of Union Square, and shows the intersection of Union Square and Miller Street as a two-way street before it became a plaza. The </span></font><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">"Angel of Union Square" is in the centre and behind her is the Commonwealth Bank painted a particularly horrid shade of "Paddington Pink". On the extreme right is a corner of the "Duke of Wellington" Hotel, and on the right is the golden sandstone archway of the Walter Liberty Vernon designed Pyrmont Post Office.<br /></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The last example of "Oucha" that I know of, can still be seen on a corner of Edgecliff
road on the left hand side travelling from the city towards Edgecliff. She is occasionally repainted, possibly even by the original artist, and sometimes decorated with glitter. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">She and her cat are relics of a less worldly age.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The wall above the cat has an obvious tidemark where "Oucha" has been painted over with more enthusiasm than skill and it remains distinctly two-toned.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDDhyFM_ETk/Xv57TREmn_I/AAAAAAAAXig/NaSO8A85WDc3TW7aBb3g2M6XF69fAIP3QCK4BGAsYHg/s500/P276%2BAngel%2Bof%2BUnion%2BSquare%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bwood%2B2010%2B23x12cm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont war Memorial "Angel Of Union Square"of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="278" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDDhyFM_ETk/Xv57TREmn_I/AAAAAAAAXig/NaSO8A85WDc3TW7aBb3g2M6XF69fAIP3QCK4BGAsYHg/w223-h400/P276%2BAngel%2Bof%2BUnion%2BSquare%2B%2Boil%2Bon%2Bwood%2B2010%2B23x12cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of Pyrmont war Memorial "Angel Of Union Square"of Union Square Pyrmont by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="223" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b style="line-height: 1.5;">P276 Angel of Union Square <br />2010 oil on wood 23 x 12cm<br /></b></i><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><i><b><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><b>Available</b></i></a></b></i></span></b></i></font></span></font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></font></span></font></div></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The lovely First World War monument known locally as the "Angel of Union Square" seems to have had a protective effect over her square, acting as a shield against marauding developers. <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">But I like to think of the little faded and forgotten black cat as her mascot.<br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">See more paintings of Union Square at the <b><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/p/pyrmont-paintings.html" target="_blank">Pyrmont page in my blog</a><br /></b></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><b><br /></b></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><b>Related Posts</b></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font 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tracks</b></a><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2012/08/to-point.html" target="_blank"><b>To the Point</b></a><br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><font style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com0Union St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia-33.8697248 151.1959585-62.179958636178846 116.03970849999999 -5.5594909638211547 -173.64779150000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-3937753409528608732020-07-01T17:20:00.000+10:002020-07-01T17:21:43.044+10:00The wheels on the bus go round and round - Painting the London Bus at the Sydney Bus Museum<div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Today's painting on the deck gallery is another canvas painted at the Bus Museum in September 2017. <br /></span></font></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQav9aqD7C1SjthV27gFhSaBOCsxIA1C7rbVH1HRsf51Lbbl4VzyfF0IB2QfvOgH8SBJdAPfX_0X6PC0G3ASl4LuHwm99wstcmOmBHUncwDAV8ge1SCw5uVDr18XssSz95rle3jYiqxE/s383/IMG_4683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="215" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQav9aqD7C1SjthV27gFhSaBOCsxIA1C7rbVH1HRsf51Lbbl4VzyfF0IB2QfvOgH8SBJdAPfX_0X6PC0G3ASl4LuHwm99wstcmOmBHUncwDAV8ge1SCw5uVDr18XssSz95rle3jYiqxE/w225-h400/IMG_4683.JPG" title="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>BUS 7 London bus' 2017 <br />oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></span></b></i></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The London bus is having its wheels checked.</span></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Uhpr8I8dGD_9sqstsO7N2d5sBFLmt0SJo9Um6ZY7LRyKg-6-vUWZxT2RDOlh7fsmWnPzO5wWLQDOqMk2YiV6QFekPJaCZJWGIoBQEukqIEXValP_OmXHC1fzaPJbGRAddqBV82kwETE/w266-h400/low+res+IMG_2673.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="266" /></a></span></font></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>On the easel at <a href="https://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Sydney Bus Mu</a></b></i><i><b><a href="https://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>seum</b></i></a> <br />BUS 7 London bus' 2017 <br />oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></span></b></i></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><br /><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">After World War II, London Transport bought over 6,000 double deckers, all built to a
standardized design, mostly the AEC Regent III RT type, similar to the pre-war AEC buses. <br />The first prototype, known as the AEC Routemaster, was completed in September 1954 and the last one was
delivered in 1968. <br />The first Routemasters entered service with London Transport in February
1956 and the last withdrawn from regular service in December 2005,
although one heritage route still operates in
central London. The Routemaster outlasted several of its replacements in London, and even
survived the privatization of the London Transport bus operators . <br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr align="left"><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkXELtm5ylA/XvwyWizjkSI/AAAAAAAAXdU/QL-Up7uQxxMtIsU0-jlkEL3x-UDgTRecwCK4BGAsYHg/s801/low%2Bres%2BP1010672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkXELtm5ylA/XvwyWizjkSI/AAAAAAAAXdU/QL-Up7uQxxMtIsU0-jlkEL3x-UDgTRecwCK4BGAsYHg/w240-h320/low%2Bres%2BP1010672.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>BUS 7A Study for London Bus, <br /></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Sydney Bus Museum </b></i></span></font></div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><i><b>2019 oil on canvas 23 x 13cm<br /></b></i></span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a><br /></span></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>BUS 7 London bus' 2017 <br />oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm<br /></b></i></span></font></font></b></i></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a><br /></span></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></font>In front of my patient model <br />at <a href="https://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Sydney Bus Mu</a></b></i><i><b><a href="https://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>seum</b></i></a> <br /><br /></b></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></font></div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;">The Routemaster had a pioneering design using lightweight aluminium and techniques developed in aircraft production during World War II. It also introduced innovative design features such as independent front suspension, power steering, a fully automatic gearbox and power-hydraulic braking, for the first time ever on a bus. Drivers found the Routemaster surprisingly light and nimble compared with earlier designs.</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.5;">One of their main advantages was that the body could be lifted off the chassis during overhaul.The London fleet contained more bodies than chassis, as overhauling the body took longer than the chassis. A bus could go in for overhaul in the morning, and come out that afternoon with a different body. <br />In 2006, the Routemaster was voted one of Britain's top 10 design icons which included Concorde, Mini, London tube map, World Wide Web and the K2 telephone box.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXrU1_bpO9A/Xu7hVwmlbeI/AAAAAAAAW84/xaMn4Q8TfaEG-fYVoiz0s5k0UMlOUD3fACK4BGAsYHg/w217-h400/webBUS%2B7A%2BLondon%2BBus%252C%2BSydney%2BBus%2BMuseum%2B2019%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B23%2Bx%2B13cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="217" /></a><br /></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>BUS 7A Study for London Bus, <br /></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>Sydney Bus Museum </b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><i><b>2019 oil on canvas 23 x 13cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></span></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"></span></font></div><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><br />This was my first much smaller study of the London bus <br /></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">The Museum's bus, AEC RT - 3708, was registered NLE-815, and started life in May 1953 with a 'green'
Weymann 8545 body, the
most common type.<br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">I don't know what it is about the colour, but I can't imagine a London bus in any other colour than red. Must make it go faster!<br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">It had 3 overhauls during its London
Transport career - in 1956, 1961, and it didn't get fitted with the iconic
'red' body until its final </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">overhaul </span></font>in 1965.</span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">It ended its days at Southall garage, then was sold in March 1977, </span></font><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; line-height: 1.5;">imported to Australia in 1984 and purchased by the Museum in 1989. </span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img alt="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tlhEBOF6u8/XvshH8SOb1I/AAAAAAAAXcc/sYTuX1xWgX4JGbS17Zaco-2o5FrumWjwgCK4BGAsYHg/w199-h400/webBUS%2B7%2BLondon%2Bbus%2527%2B2017%2Boil%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2B51%2Bx%2B25.5cm.jpg" title="Plein air oil painting of the vintage red London 'AEC Routemaster' doubledecker bus at the Sydney Bus Museum by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett" width="199" /></a><br /><i><b>BUS 7 London bus' 2017 <br /></b></i></span></font><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b>oil on canvas 51 x 25.5cm</b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="mailto:janecooperbennett@gmail.com" target="_blank">Available</a></span></b></i></span></font></b></i></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All information is courtesy of the experts of the <b><a href="https://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Sydney Bus Museum</a></b><br /></span></font></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Related posts</span></font></b></div><div><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></b></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-manly-bus.html" target="_blank"><b>The Manly bus</b></a><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://janebennettartist.blogspot.com/2018/12/sydney-bus-museum-painting-daimler.html" target="_blank"><b>Sydney Bus Museum - painting Daimler doubledecker</b></a><br /></span></font></div>Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.com025 Derbyshire Rd, Leichhardt NSW 2040, Australia-33.8760342 151.1585465-62.186268036178845 116.0022965 -5.565800363821154 -173.6852035