Everything Light After Rain

Artist Charles Bush

Date1986

Object number00039804

NamePainting

MediumOil on canvas, wood

Dimensions940 x 1190 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Maersk Australia Pty Ltd

Terms

DescriptionAn oil painting by Charles Bush titled 'Everything Light After Rain'. The image is possibly Appleton Dock in Melbourne, D shed, E berth near Bolte Bridge. This work by Charles Bush won the 1986 ACTA Maritime Art Award.HistoryAttached to rear of this work was a poem written by Charles Bush titled 'Container Berth': Giraffe cranes - motionless midwives, Cease delivering the square progeny From giant steel beetles, Whose raised mandibles Now salute day's end. Dark, deserted, the wharf a silent stage - Watched by watchmen. Puddle mirrors, reflecting darkly What they can, Ripple hinting Labours for tomorrow’s man. Significance"Our ports and harbours are no longer a part of our teeming inner city industrial scene. With the establishment of container terminals outside city limits we have lost a certain romantic aspect of sea-going life. It is this changing scene we want to help record for all times. We would like Australian artists to revive what was once a major subject for
their art, the Australian ports, harbours, ships and people."

Mr Christopher Cullen
Managing Director, ACTA Shipping
1985 ACTA Maritime Art Award