This image is very familiar to residents of Baltimore. The Domino Sugar sign is easily seen across the harbor and is pleasantly familiar. The factory is still operational and as a former Baltimore resident I recollect the vaguely sweet smell of the Locust Point neighborhood, where the factory is located. My friend Elizabeth and I frequently kayaked past the factory and the very large barges which transported sugar to and from the factory. In making this painting, I felt very nostalgic about my time in Baltimore: the people I knew there, the industrial history, the charms of "charm city." This painting inspired me to do a series of paintings of the iconographic signs of places which are familiar to me. Postcards of this painting are available for $2, visit my Etsy Shop to purchase.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
7. Domino Sugar Factory, Baltimore
This image is very familiar to residents of Baltimore. The Domino Sugar sign is easily seen across the harbor and is pleasantly familiar. The factory is still operational and as a former Baltimore resident I recollect the vaguely sweet smell of the Locust Point neighborhood, where the factory is located. My friend Elizabeth and I frequently kayaked past the factory and the very large barges which transported sugar to and from the factory. In making this painting, I felt very nostalgic about my time in Baltimore: the people I knew there, the industrial history, the charms of "charm city." This painting inspired me to do a series of paintings of the iconographic signs of places which are familiar to me. Postcards of this painting are available for $2, visit my Etsy Shop to purchase.
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I'm very impressed by this painting; would you have any interest in selling it or one like it? I've been looking to buy a photo or painting of the Domino Sugar sign as a gift, and I stumbled across your site while searching on Google. If you'd be interested, please e-mail me at adam.braskich@gmail.com. Thanks!
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