Blackburn's Service, Seymour Street-1928
Limited Edition Giclee print on canvas (sn95) of Blackburn's Service on the corner of Seymour and Robson in Vancouver B.C. Canada.
Blackburn’s Service was located on the southeast corner of Seymour Street and Robson. The painting looks east towards down Robson to Richards. I wanted to capture the integration of streetcars with this busy downtown neighborhood. Two streetcars rumble and clang in opposing directions down Robson while a third emerges southbound on Richards. All this bustle is taking place in the midst of a well-treed neighborhood full of snug homes with laundry flying.
Blackburn’s was a large enterprise offering every type of automobile service imaginable. From new car sales to parking and storage; Blackburn’s had it all. $1195 is the sticker price on the new car in the foreground subject to the usual bargaining between the salesman and buyer.
On the corner stands a tiny confection outlet selling soft drinks, candies, ice cream and tobacco.
As a final touch, to balance the foreground, I added a young lad selling newspapers. Artistic license drove me to also create a soapbox racer modeled after one that I built as a boy and from which I sold the Montreal Star many years ago.
Brian Croft
20"H x 32"W
Price: $ 700.00
Brian Croft
Painting the history of Vancouver and British Columbia
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Blackburn's Service, Seymour Street-1928
Blackburn’s Service was located on the southeast corner of Seymour Street and Robson. The painting looks east towards down Robson to Richards. I wanted to capture the integration of streetcars with this busy downtown neighborhood. Two streetcars rumble and clang in opposing directions down Robson while a third emerges southbound on Richards. All this bustle is taking place in the midst of a well-treed neighborhood full of snug homes with laundry flying.
Blackburn’s was a large enterprise offering every type of automobile service imaginable. From new car sales to parking and storage; Blackburn’s had it all. $1195 is the sticker price on the new car in the foreground subject to the usual bargaining between the salesman and buyer.
On the corner stands a tiny confection outlet selling soft drinks, candies, ice cream and tobacco.
As a final touch, to balance the foreground, I added a young lad selling newspapers. Artistic license drove me to also create a soapbox racer modeled after one that I built as a boy and from which I sold the Montreal Star many years ago.
Brian Croft
20"H x 32"W
Price: $ 700.00
Artspan is Contemporary Art - Print Making