New Painting - Port of Oakland

Port of Oakland. 40" x 48"

Port of Oakland (detail)

I've just finished this painting which was inspired by a visit to the Port of Oakland to watch a friend take part in the weekly summer evening bicycle training. (I understand that cyclists refer to this as the POO ride!) The painting is built from four horizontal wooden panels which were all prepared seperately. Once they were fixed together the painting was developed as one. The lower panel is pasted with yard tickets which I collected while walking around the bicycle route. The colored squares are collaged paper to suggest the freight containers. The upper panel shows the cranes drawn onto vintage wallpaper.

I had fun doing this one!

Port of Oakland Adventure

I went to the Port of Oakland with my friends Teresa and Michael this week. Michael was training with his bicycling team while Teresa and I were exploring. The light was fading but I saw enough stacks of freight containers and loading cranes to know that I would have to return in daylight with a camera and my bicycle (the place is huge). The photo above shows some of the yard tickets I collected which were blowing around on the sidewalks and caught up in the chain-link fencing. I love the faded numbers!