Industrial Cathedral

Industrial Cathedral
"Industrial Cathedral" charcoal on paper 131 x 131 cm Jane Bennett. Finalist in 1998 Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of NSW Finalist 1998 Blake Prize Winner 1998 Hunter's Hill Open Art Prize

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I'm an Industrial Heritage Artist who paints "en plein air".If it's damaged, derelict, doomed and about to disappear, I'll be there to paint it.
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Wednesday 25 August 2010

Gantry

Demolition of Cruise ship Terminal at Darling Harbour 8
The Gantry
I had wondered if the gantries were to be kept intact and possibly recycled for use at the new cruise ship terminal soon to be built at White Bay.
Ironically they are instead about to be demolished by the very same man who built the orange gantry only 8 years ago.
More irony :
At the foot of the gantry is an incongrous inscription in fading and cracked fluorescent cadmium yellow capital letters :
"KEEP"
plein air oil painting of the demolition of the Cruise Ship Terminal at the East Darling Harbour Wharves by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett
Breakfast in the ruins with my half finished canvas
of the last gantry of Wharf 8,
the former cruise ship terminal of Barangaroo
plein air oil painting of the demolition of the Cruise Ship Terminal at the East Darling Harbour Wharves by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett
My painting of the last gantry of Wharf 8
plein air oil painting of the demolition of the Cruise Ship Terminal at the East Darling Harbour Wharves by industrial heritage artist Jane Bennett



































































Tuesday 27 July 2010

The Calm before the storm

Paintings of the gantry of the former cruise ship terminal Wharf 8 at Barangaroo
plein air oil painting of gantry of demolished cruise ship terminal Wharf 8 at the Hungry Mile now called Barangaroo by maritime heritage artist Jane Bennett
"The Gantry of the former Cruise ship Terminal
at Darling Harbour Wharf 8"
oil painting on canvas 31 x 61cm
This is a plein air oil painting on canvas of the exterior of the deserted former cruise ship terminal at Darling Harbour Wharf 8, looking west towards Pyrmont.
Pyrmont's Jones Bay Wharf, R.E.V.Y, Star City Casino and the Anzac Bridge are visible in the background.

Next week, Bovis LendLease and Cardinal Project Services will start demolition. This is my last chance to paint this area in peace and quiet.

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