Original Acrylic & Ink Painting on Canvas varnished for protection 

 

Price = £490 inc P & P in the UK only

 

Comes with certificate of Authenticity

 

Painted using the croquis method in a free-flowing style using palette knife, brush and ink 

 

Expressionistic painting by Andrew Alan Matthews B.A ( Hons)

 

Size = 500mm width X 600mm High X 35mm deep

 

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14 day delivery time 

 

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I can hand deliver if local to Manchester

 

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Hi everybody here is a painting and video of the Lowry centre where my art idol L.S Lowrys paintings are hanging on the walls. It is one of my life’s ambitions to display my art in this gallery next to my art idol. in the meantime I have an upcoming exhibition at Salford Museum & Artgallery from 2nd September 2023 to 11th February 2024. Of my Salford and Manchester by night collection, so come along to this prestigious Artgallery and enjoy your visit. hope you like the painting and video. By Andrew Alan Matthews 

 

Original Painting £490 or A3 Limited Edition Print £50 Contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk 

 

A story about L S Lowry

 

A bit of history

 

Salford Quays is an area of Salford England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration  projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in 1982.

 

Built by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Salford Docks was the larger of two that made up Manchester Docks the other being Pomona Docks to the east which opened in 1903. They were opened in 1894 by Queen Victoria At their height the Docks were the third busiest port in Britain, the docks declined in the 1970s. They closed in 1982, resulting in the loss of 3,000 jobs. 

 

In 1983, Salford City Council acquired parts of the docks from the Manchester Ship Canal Company with the aid of a derelict land grant. The area was rebranded as Salford Quays and redevelopment by Urban Waterside began in 1985 under the Salford Quays Development Plan. Faced with major pollution issues from quality of the water in the ship canal, dams were built to isolate the docks, after which water quality was improved by aerating it using a compressed air mixing system. Within two years the quality was sufficient to introduce 12,000 coarse fish, which have thrived in the environment. Water quality is monitored fortnightly by scientists from APEM, the Manchester University Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Monitoring Unit, and the improved habitat has been recognised by the Angling Foundation and the Institute of Fisheries Management. 

 

Between 1986 and 1990, the infrastructure of the docks was modified to create an internal waterway network. Roads and bridges were built and a promenade along the waterfront constructed and landscaped. Moorings and watersports facilities were provided and a railway swing bridge moved to cross Dock 9. A hotel, cinema, housing, offices were built on Piers 5 and 6 followed by more developments on Pier 7. Public funding and private investment totalled around £280 million by the early 1990s. 

 

A Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

 

Lowry’s Matchstick men  We haven’t forgotten them Where Lowry painted industrial scenes   Where the weird  odd and few Came to life   He didn’t have a wife  But made a life  Of matchstick men    And We haven’t forgotten them   So He walked Salfords streets  With very little treats   And Banged on gallery doors   To have his art on the walls  But they turned him away   So he just had to say   Ive got the weird  odd and the few just lookin at you   where disabled men  industrial scenes Are making me dreams  So look at them   London came on the scene  now hes livin the dream  of a Salford industrial theme   now lowrys gone  his arts hanging on a wall   the Lowry in Salford  Is named after him So come visit him  So Yeah  Lowry’s Matchstick men  We haven’t forgotten them Lowry painted industrial scenes   Where the weird  odd and few Came to life   He didn’t have a wife  he made a life  Of matchstick men    And We haven’t forgotten them