Plymouth Coordinates Artworks - Collection
Article Series: Artworks
Artwork 1
By F McCullough
Plymouths Around The World’: Digital texturized artwork adapted from a Dall-e generated image, presented as an oil painting, within a golden circular porthole bounded frame. The suspended 3-D globe shows lines emanating from the globe of the world, representing longitude, latitude and coordinates. There is a map on the ship’s desk surface, also a compass, box, ball of string and toy sailing boat, indicating a ship’s captain is planning the many journeys leaving Plymouth Devon to the rest of the world, resulting in similarly named destinations. The golden coloured theme also represent the many historic explorers who left Plymouth in search of their fortune. The porthole signifies that tourism and travel was, and still is, very dependent on the sea, which Plymouth is greatly associated with. Exhibited 23 August 2024 for the Plymouth Coordinates opening commentary as the leading artwork. Copyright 23 August 2024 ©.
Artwork 2
Lighthouse On
The Rocks
By F McCullough
‘Lighthouse On The Rocks’. This digitally created art painting of an impressionistic lighthouse is framed within a rich blue frame on canvas. The lighthouse has windows leading to the top, showing the pathway of the stairs to ascend, where there is a lookout platform for the lighthouse keeper. The apex is the light that radiates at night time. At its base, it sits upon the rocks and water waves splash against it. It is exhibited to accompany the short story titled “Lighthouse Keeper's Legacy” and is part of the Plymouth Coordinates Artwork Collection. It symbolises Smeaton’s Tower that was once in Plymouth Sound and had to be moved to the Plymouth Hoe Parade, because the rocks were crumbling beneath. It also links to the story that men had to live in the lighthouse in order to ensure safety for the shipping, whilst today this task can be automated, however there is still a need for a light house keeper to keep it in good working order. May be seen published in context at ‘Plymouth Coordinates’. Copyright 23 August 2024 ©.
Artwork 3
Plymouth
Shores
By F McCullough
‘Plymouth Shores’: Digitally framed photograph taken from Madeira Road’s perspective, on March 7th, 2007, and looks toward the Hoe Parade’s Plateau, on which sits Smeaton’s Tower visually soaring high into the sky, painted boldly in red and white, that was long-ago transferred from far out at sea. The cliffs of the foreshore, covered in green growth, sweeps down to the sea bathing areas, in a natural more sheltered inlet. The domed building, the old Mayflower Hotel that is now demolished, and houses of the Hoe Promenade peak above the horizon. The sun shines on the cliffs, whilst the overhead darker clouds, reveals that the weather can change very quickly. Dressed warmly, the people walking along Maderia Road, were enjoying the 360-degree vista, both as shown in the photo, over the whole of Plymouth Sound, Drake’s Island and toward the banks of Cornwall, as well as back towards the Barbican, Turnchapel, the Royal Citadel and Staddon Heights. The photograph was exhibited to illustrate the poem, ‘Four Degrees West’, the longitude coordinate for Plymouth, first published together with the descriptive ‘Plymouth Coordinates’ feature, on 23 August 2024, Copyright ©.
Artwork 4
Where The
Ships Set Sail
By F McCullough
‘Where The Ships Set Sail’: There is a hidden metal porthole from where I took this photograph, of the National Marine Aquarium, the UK’s largest aquarium and home to over 4,000 aquatic animals. The body of water leads to Sutton Harbour and the Barbican, the old Port of Plymouth. The walkway railings to the foreground leads to ferries, pleasure boats for local river trips, and is where cruise ship’s passengers alight and depart. On the British Fireworks Championship’s nights, you cannot move for people watching the spectacular firework’s displays, as it has a prime viewing point, and this was when I discovered the secret porthole! The yachts seen, are moored adjacent to Queen Anne’s Battery complex. The Mayflower Steps Memorial is just to the left, out of view. The dotted grey frame signifies that this place is a hub for comings and goings, as well as the military Royal Citadel’s castle-like wall soars upward behind to the left. Exhibited to illustrate the song lyrics ‘Where The Ships Set Sail’, and this ship-like porthole view, the image reflects all the ships that have departed through these waters, all the people that have arrived, and those yet to do so. The exhibit may be viewed, below the articles about ‘Plymouth Coordinates’, published 23 August 2024. Copyright ©.
Artwork 5
Plymouth
Sound With Drake’s Island
By F McCullough
‘Plymouth Sound With Drake’s Island’: Throughout the centuries the island has sat proudly between the waters of Cornwall and Plymouth, which is located in Devon. Drake’s Island lies within ‘Plymouth Sound’, the name given locally for this body of water. All ships and sailboats have to carefully navigate the waters. Large vessels have to go around it, ensuring they keep to the deep channels to avoid the rocks and shallow waters. Over the years it has had many purposes and uses, especially for smugglers. Buildings have been built upon it, such as a chapel, prison, observatory, Drakes’ Battery and an adventure centre. Down the centuries, all ships will have had to pass it, whether arriving or leaving the ports of Plymouth. When the sailors see the island, they know they have returned safely home. In the distance is the headland of the estate of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park, with many walking pathways that give spectacular views of Drake’s Island and Plymouth’s many waterfronts. Presented as a digital stand-alone painting, with wrap around continuous extension of the photograph over the edges; reflecting indeed the ‘Spirit Of Plymouth Sails On’. Exhibited to echo the essence of ‘Plymouth Coordinates’ reflections. Copyright 23 August 2024 ©.
Artwork 6
Plymouth
Sound Towards Staddon Heights – Our Riviera
By F McCullough
‘Plymouth Sound Towards Staddon Heights – Our Riviera’ Photograph. The landmass in the distance is known as Staddon Heights and leads around to Wembury Point and beyond. The greenery extends down the steep cliffs to the waterline. Underwater along the coastline, there are extensive areas of subtidal seagrass, Zostera marina, which is designated as a sub-feature of the special area of conservation, especially around Drake’s Island, forming part of the marine protected areas of Plymouth Sound. The digital canvas perspective of the artwork is titled; ‘Plymouth Sound Towards Staddon Heights – Our Riviera’, and was taken from the vantage point on top of the Hoe Promenade. Sunlight catches palm-like bright green leaves on a warm and sunny day. People enjoying themselves, sitting and eating ice-creams, are seen in the foreground to the right. This 3-D digital photographic painting in perspective and reflected, gives a Mediterranean feel to the artwork, which can be true in Plymouth, on occasions like these. Exhibited to accompany the ‘Thought Of The Topic’ as a shared vision of all the places named ‘Plymouth’ around the world, as the summation of the Plymouth Coordinates essay’s reflections. Copyright 23 August 2024 ©.
Felicity McCullough
The above artwork series was created to illustrate the published articles regarding the topic of the significance of longitude and latitude in our modern world. The artworks were created by Felicity from photographs that she had taken. Felicity enjoys creating innovative new visual media artworks from her vast photography collection. Being multi-creative, across the creative arts of writing, poetry, and music, Felicity selects the visual image to reflect and accompany the topic and subject matter she is researching, with the aim of interesting her readership base. She also complements her photography as a portrait painting artist and graphic designer. The works she chooses to exhibit is reflective of her personal taste and is usually highly context related, and uses all created content in her creations. Due to lack of physical storage space of late, she has preferred to engage fully with the digital medias. Lately, Felicity has also been dabbling with generative AI image creations, that she usually adapts to her preference. As an author, she writes what she would like to know about, publishing the content in the hope that readers also find the information helpful. This artwork collection came about, because of the film ‘Four Degrees West’ which came to Felicity’s attention, a 1965 travelogue, which explored life in Plymouth, after the city was rebuilt, and in doing so, she hopes to revive memories of the local population, as many local people of Plymouth were featured. Felicity hopes you like what you see and read.
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Plymouth
Coordinates Artworks - Collection
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Keywords: Plymouths Around The World,
Art, Artworks, Plymouth, World Globe, Porthole, Lighthouse On the Rocks,
Smeaton’s Tower, Lighthouse, Plymouth Shores, Madeira Road, Hoe Parade’s
Plateau, Cliffs, Plymouth Dome, Mayflower Hotel, Hoe Promenade, Plymouth Sound,
Drake’s Island, Cornwall, Four Degrees West, Where The Ships Set Sail, National
Marine Aquarium, Plymouth Sound With Drake’s Island, Spirit Of Plymouth Sails
On, Plymouth Sound Towards Staddon Heights, Plymouth Riviera, Staddon Heights.
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#Cornwall, #FourDegreesWest, #WhereTheShipsSetSail, #NationalMarineAquarium,
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#PlymouthSoundTowardsStaddonHeights, #PlymouthRiviera, #StaddonHeights.
Created: 22 August 2024
Published: 22 August 2024
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