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.

Sunday 28 April 2013

Painting 'Millers Point' from Moore's Wharf

This small canvas is of Miller's Point - the boat, that is - not its namesake suburb up the hill!
Plein air oil painting of Port Authority workboat 'Millers Point' being lifted by crane next to Moore's Wharf painted by marine Artist Jane Bennett
MW14 'Millers Point'
2013 oil on canvas 41 x 31cm
Available for sale

There's quite a motley collection of work vessels big and small, berthed at the Sydney Port Corporation's Port Jackson headquarters at Moore’s Wharf.
Plein air oil painting of Port Authority workboat 'Millers Point' being lifted by crane next to Moore's Wharf painted by marine Artist Jane Bennett
MW14 'Millers Point'
2013 oil on canvas 41 x 31cm
Available for sale
As I arrived, "Millers Point", Sydney Port Corporation’s new emergency response launch, was being lifted from the water onto piles of huge tyres on the wharf, alongside the crane.
Usually it's in the water at its customary berth in front of Moore's Wharf, but it was waiting to get its twin 225hp Honda outboard motors serviced.
Plein air oil painting of Port Authority workboat 'Millers Point' being lifted by crane next to Moore's Wharf painted by marine Artist Jane Bennett
MW14 'Millers Point'
2013 oil on canvas 41 x 31cm
Available for sale
I hadn't painted this new addition to Sydney Port Corporation's fleet before, & I decided to capture the drama of the boat lift in a small canvas.

I must admit that I was still mourning the loss of the historic old warhorse, the 'Poolya', which had been broken up at Glebe Island Wharf, in early February 2013, not long before.
"Millers Point" was designed in Western Australia by Global Marine and built by Axiom Alloys of Mt Druitt.
"Millers Point", is 9.3m in length with a beam of 3.35m and a draft of 0.55m. It has a speed that can exceed 40kn. It has a trihedral hull & is fitted with a 6hp stand-alone fire pump.
Plein air oil painting of Port Authority workboat 'Millers Point' being lifted by crane next to Moore's Wharf painted by marine Artist Jane Bennett
MW14 'Millers Point'
2013 oil on canvas 41 x 31cm
Available for sale

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