Sydney's topography dictated
from the earliest days of settlement that water transport
services would be necessary to link the north and south
shores of the harbour.
Extensive ferry services were
introduced in the late nineteenth century as the city
grew. The opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932 saw
these services curtailed somewhat but a significant
network exists to this day.
The paintings shown illustrate
a few of the vessels currently operated by the publicly
owned Sydney Ferries organisation.
Planned works in this series
include the Freshwater class Manly ferries and the recently
withdrawn JetCat vessels.
Also shown and totally unrelated
to the ferries is the painting of the ill-fated White
Star liner Titanic completed as a commission for a collector
of classic ocean liner memoribilia.
