Time machine
This painting fuses a contemporary style with the history upon which hebden bridge and the wider north of England is founded .
The bridge and the barge metophorically represent the journey from the past to the present and beyond .
The steam train, as a pivotal image of industry, also conveys this metaphor of travelling through time that permeates every aspect of this painting .
The painting is constructed not as a literal landscape, but as a jigsaw of changing society and past and present are juxtaposed. Images of people are used to give history a human appeal. The lone chimney sweep and the passengers in the carriage each tell their own story of life during the industrial revolution .
Again this offset by the more contemporary images, such as the traditional 'bobby on the beat,' showing this fluid movement through time and space .
The central image in the painting is that of Sir Robert Peel who served twice as Prime Minister, he established what formed the basis of modern policing with the Peelers and is also associated with Northern Industry , being a Bury Man from Lancashire .
He stands proud amid the changing landscape around him . The fact that he is immortalised as a statue represents the permanence of changes that he introduced.
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Comments
Your attention to detail it outstanding, brilliant peice
Lorna
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Lorna
thank you for you comment
yes I love being patient and the detail is therapy for me .
so appreciated
Fantastic painting , so much detail , be proud of your art work and talent. Xx
Thankyou
your comments give me confidence
This picture is amazing. I want to use it at school. It's perfect for a lesson in philosophy.its full of spirit of life. And I think it's a good item for a interpretation.
Holy cow! The blending of the different images is unlike anything I have seen before. Truly, a mind's eye you must have! but I must ask when you draw/paint, do you use reference articles or photos? This is just magical work! Fantastic.
Thank you so much for your comment . When I paint I have a jigsaw in my head it is like so many pieces I need to put in the canvas even if they do not quite fit ! I wanted to design the piece on the industrial revolution.. how back then can find itself into more modern times . I just have a lot of images in my head and areas around the Hebden bridge taking photos and looking up history . I find it harder to place one character or place as my mind quickly creates another .. when to stop seems not to exist . perhaps I want to write a book but on a canvas !
thank you again