Barangaroo : Terminal -Arrivals Hall
This is an unfinished oil painting on canvas of the interior of the deserted former cruise ship terminal at Darling Harbour Wharf 8, Barangaroo.
My first day of painting this canvas:
My first day of painting this canvas:
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| 'I saw the number '8' in red... ' oil painting on canvas 56 x 76cm SOLD Enquiries about similar paintings : janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
The title is my homage to the 1928 Charles Demuth painting "I saw the number 5 in gold..", an icon of American Modernism. Like Demuth, I never let go of reality.
The 2nd day of this painting :
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| 'I saw the number '8' in red... ' oil painting on canvas 56 x 76cm SOLD Enquiries about similar paintings : janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
The 2nd day of this painting- nearly finished, but needs glazing to emphasize the reflections & the dramatic shafts of light from the doorways.
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| The completed painting:'I saw the number '8' in red... ' oil painting on canvas 56 x 76cm SOLD Enquiries about similar paintings : janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
Setting out a rough idea of the composition:
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| "I saw the number '8' in red" 2010 unfinished oil painting on canvas 61 x 183cm |
Starting work on a large panoramic interior of the Arrivals Hall. This is a Saturday, and apart from the bored security guards on the gate I have the whole place more or less to myself so it is eerily silent.
For a change I have managed to get here early. I've been battling a killer bout of flu for over a month and I've had to push myself to keep working. My throat has been so sore that I can only eat jelly and chicken soup for the last week. I've taken in a thermos of icecubes to numb my throat and they seem to help. Whinge, whinge. This is totally self inflicted- I've been painting outdoors in the middle of winter on a freezing cold wharf in a howling gale & to misquote Alice in Wonderland it is bound to disagree with you sooner or later. However I wouldn't swap what I do for anything; it keeps me endlessly fascinated. I only wish that I wouldn't get ill just at this crucial point in the history of Sydney Harbour - this is the last wharf on the historic Hungry Mile, which has been the fountainhead of Australia's maritime industry since settlement over 200 years ago, and it will be demolished in less than a fortnight! No other artist in Australia seems to have an MSIC or a greencard; so I am the only person permitted to paint any of this.
Half way through my 1st day of painting :
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| "I saw the number '8' in red" 2010 unfinished oil painting on canvas 61 x 183cm SOLD Enquiries about similar paintings : janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
At the end of the first day:
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| "I saw the number '8' in red" 2010 unfinished oil painting on canvas 61 x 183cm SOLD Enquiries about similar paintings : janecooperbennett@gmail.com |
I have used 'terminal' as part of the title of paintings in this series as a play on words. The following nuances of meaning I found particularly apt :
1.situated at or forming the end or extremity of something...2. occuring at or forming the end of a series, succession, or the like; closing; concluding7.pertaining to or placed at a boundary, as a landmark.8. occuring at or causing the end of life: a terminal disease.9.(Informal) utterly beyond hope, rescue or saving...10. a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.13. a station on the line of a public carrier,as in a city centre ... where passengers embark or disembark...
(Courtesy of Dictionary.com)
Take your pick!
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