It's the 10th anniversary of the Pyrmont Festival of Wine Food and Art, which will be held 11am - 5pm on Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th May at Pirrama Park.
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.
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.
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.
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| P225A The Boilerhouse CSR Refinery 1991 oil on canvas 91 x 91cm |
Every now and then, I'd even climb onto the roof and paint from the chimneys!
The painting below shows the old CSR chem labs and McCaffrey's from the base of the chimney.
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| P250 Pyrmont panorama from the CSR 1991 oil on canvas 31 x 61cm |
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.
The painting below shows the Water Police site, which is now Pirrama Park - the site of next weeks' Festival.
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| P243A Water Police site 1991 oil on canvas 75 x 100cm |
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.