tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.comments2024-03-08T22:33:28.759+11:00Industrial Revelation Jane Bennett Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-38439422029590040032023-02-09T13:17:30.296+11:002023-02-09T13:17:30.296+11:00Thankyou LouiseThankyou LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-7049058631979949762022-12-18T16:20:46.125+11:002022-12-18T16:20:46.125+11:00Hi Louise, Thank you very much!
Yes, please let m...Hi Louise, Thank you very much! <br />Yes, please let me know which interest you<br />I can get them done in a range of sizes. <br />DM my Facebook page <br />https://www.facebook.com/JaneBennett.Art/Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-41999859076654881652022-12-07T14:14:25.628+11:002022-12-07T14:14:25.628+11:00Hello Jane, do you also have prints available of y...Hello Jane, do you also have prints available of your artwork, which is amazing, I love artwork featuring architecture, LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-52708023313086367932020-12-14T15:20:02.220+11:002020-12-14T15:20:02.220+11:00The 'W' names came from the original owner...The 'W' names came from the original owners being Waratah Shipping. The funnels where black with a white stripe featuring a red 'W' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-39611856174455674492020-12-12T10:02:39.442+11:002020-12-12T10:02:39.442+11:00I hope it was a good bonus, the rats were impressi...I hope it was a good bonus, the rats were impressively large! I thought one was a dog, until it ran up a tree! Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-84122106299677050472020-12-12T09:58:05.140+11:002020-12-12T09:58:05.140+11:00Thanks so much, Tug!We seem to be the last of our ...Thanks so much, Tug!We seem to be the last of our tribe!<br /> Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-50161642534316190192020-10-15T00:20:06.892+11:002020-10-15T00:20:06.892+11:00Hi Jane, just a quickie to say I love your paintin...Hi Jane, just a quickie to say I love your paintings, documentation & social and cultural commentary on Pyrmont. What you have created is beautiful and historically invaluable. I'm a poet, photographer, flanneur, nostalgist and lover of beautiful decay. I discovered you because today I took a good amble around Pyrmont, getting pics of the Terminus, Ways Close etc. and also the Free & Bond warehouse. I've passed the building before and loved it, and wanted to walk by it and get some pics this time. I googled it tonight, trying to find its history, and stumbled upon you and your great trove of work. ... Anyway, I love your passion and dedication, and thanks for caring about lovely old stuff, for which so many don't give a stuff, best, TugTug Dumblyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929793288584839428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-9991322851323119202020-10-14T02:54:39.339+11:002020-10-14T02:54:39.339+11:00I worked there from January 1989-july89, a great t...I worked there from January 1989-july89, a great team of British backpackers Aussie's and a big fella from Tonga would work, Shrek and hit the boozer next door door. You got a bonus if you killed a rat, and my foreman was easy going. Happy memoriesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527751675605495657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-24757149739333533972018-04-08T20:40:55.829+10:002018-04-08T20:40:55.829+10:00Thank you! I have mixed feelings about the renovat...Thank you! I have mixed feelings about the renovation of the Terminus. I'm glad that it has been restored,not demolished and replaced by apartment blocks as so often happens, yet to me, some of its poetry has vanished. However well a place is renovated, there will always have to be compromises between keeping the original character and making it a viable business. I miss the vines which once covered the facade. They had probably been planted early in the 20th century by a CSR employee, as the same species of Virginia creeper covered the manager's residence and the courtyard of the 'Rum Store'. At the launch of Shirley Fitzgerald's wonderful book on the history of the Terminus, I almost walked into one of the walls upstairs, as there used to be a hall through to the building next door.I believe that the passageway had to be closed off due to updated fire regulations.Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-25988277931445341862018-03-31T22:10:33.385+11:002018-03-31T22:10:33.385+11:00I saw your entries to the 2018 Royal Easter Show t...I saw your entries to the 2018 Royal Easter Show today and your painting of North Newtown captured the spirit of the place so sympathetically, that I decided to see if you had a website. <br /> I worked in Pyrmont for a long time and remain a frequent visitor and was so pleased to see your paintings of the former industrial sites and the documenting of their demise. Your memory about the hardware was particularly poignant. I walked past the Terminus every day for years and you have captured it perfectly. You capture the beauty in decay perfectly. I would be interested to know what you make of the renovation of the Terminus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-43708099395538795472018-01-28T10:15:31.112+11:002018-01-28T10:15:31.112+11:00My favourite is "Watching the forge fires fad...My favourite is "Watching the forge fires fade". Thank you for recording this industrial heritage before it is lost.morifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926767458257494887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-40460323914062599212017-08-22T15:58:47.167+10:002017-08-22T15:58:47.167+10:00Fascinating tugs!
I've loved tugboats because...Fascinating tugs!<br /><br />I've loved tugboats because my father worked on the boats for so many years. I appreciate and enjoy what you're doing here. Please keep on posting. :)LCT for salehttp://hudsonmarineinternational.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-73838017153410810842017-04-22T20:55:55.278+10:002017-04-22T20:55:55.278+10:00I will n
ote all these addresses down. I will be i...I will n<br />ote all these addresses down. I will be in the city tomorrow and again on Tuesday, so want to get one last look ...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647929951322724618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-72905471167235326692016-10-22T15:41:20.371+11:002016-10-22T15:41:20.371+11:00Great sandstone!
Thanks for sharing...Great sandstone!<br />Thanks for sharing...Home Improvementhttps://www.tfo.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-18687297033008187532016-08-29T16:26:23.186+10:002016-08-29T16:26:23.186+10:00Fascinating Jane - please continue with your extre...Fascinating Jane - please continue with your extremely valuable and beautiful documentation of a disappearing eraLeigh Dentonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-90884759080808834262016-03-18T16:11:29.129+11:002016-03-18T16:11:29.129+11:00Unbloodybelievable.
What a stupid shame. Unbloodybelievable. <br />What a stupid shame. Sophia Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541828453215527568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-85929129825896783272016-02-23T11:53:24.835+11:002016-02-23T11:53:24.835+11:00Love your work, so realistic. Very cool that you ...Love your work, so realistic. Very cool that you paint en plein air!<br />Warm regards from CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-54750389438428414982016-02-12T19:21:02.460+11:002016-02-12T19:21:02.460+11:00Thanks Ian! I've just put a canvas in the wind...Thanks Ian! I've just put a canvas in the window of 12 Argyle St that is a life size painting of a protest banners by one of the residents of Lower Fort St. Someone had stolen the banners from her house, but now they have been immortalized on canvas. I have some photos on Facebook -<br />https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1076881285678423.1073741886.192504250782802&type=3Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-10768127516883518502016-02-11T14:06:25.088+11:002016-02-11T14:06:25.088+11:00Fantastic way to draw attention to the issue. I re...Fantastic way to draw attention to the issue. I really love your work on both an artistic and an activist level.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861263100341657708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-71647047806755305012016-01-25T22:23:57.241+11:002016-01-25T22:23:57.241+11:00Thanks so much Peter!Thanks so much Peter!Jane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-81619444844516146662016-01-23T22:21:06.977+11:002016-01-23T22:21:06.977+11:00Hi Jannet Your blog is great I didn't know you...Hi Jannet Your blog is great I didn't know you done so many beautiful paintings of Millers Point they are wonderful to see kind regards Peter mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-30704113170562022052015-06-18T16:56:58.276+10:002015-06-18T16:56:58.276+10:00Yes it was an amazing site. I'm glad I'm a...Yes it was an amazing site. I'm glad I'm a painter not a sculptor as the temptation would have been too much! I have been painting the building of the Headland Park. I haven't posted the later stages of the Park construction on my blog yet, but I have several photos of some quite big paintings on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JaneBennett.Art/photos/a.854726694560551.1073741849.192504250782802/854727711227116/?type=3&theaterJane Bennett Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378167586493733589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-33689615706033020752015-06-17T08:10:11.520+10:002015-06-17T08:10:11.520+10:00From personal experience, The Paradise, Purgatory ...From personal experience, The Paradise, Purgatory and Hell hole Sandstones were Fantastic to work with, Piles Creek a Gosford stone used alot these days, Is a Wonderful stone to work as well, I remember seeing the quarried blocks under the ANZAC Bridge and was SALAVATING, Their were some GOOD ONES, And not so good ones, Quite a Surreal site, Harold Hudson / McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112872087870561963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-85040694216713155182015-06-17T07:44:11.146+10:002015-06-17T07:44:11.146+10:00I have worked on all of these buildings as a Banke...I have worked on all of these buildings as a Banker Mason aforesaid in the authors article, PYRMONT Stone is Absolutely Lovely to with, I can't remember how many stones I've made, lol Harold Hudson / McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112872087870561963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500087559667301206.post-45326613978697374552014-05-29T07:45:56.865+10:002014-05-29T07:45:56.865+10:00Always great to see your artwork of these magnific...Always great to see your artwork of these magnificent buildings.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.com