8 Industrial Vignettes: River Rouge

Industrial Paintings
Written By Pat Benincasa

8 Industrial Vignettes: River Rouge, 2013-14, Encaustic, oil paint, cement, marine varnish, 8- 6” wood panels, 24” x 13”

This work is available, contact artist for price.

I was inspired by Monet’s haystacks series of differing light conditions. The Rouge, once majestic in scale and production, here is shown in differing weather conditions.

Note: In 1915, this Ford Motor Plant was built along the River Rouge, West of Detroit. By 1927, The Rouge was the most fully integrated car manufacturing site in the world. 16 million square feet with 93 buildings. By 1930’s over 100,000 people worked there.

Pat Benincasa

Pat Benincasa, is a first-generation Italian American woman, visual artist, art educator and podcaster. She has received national and international recognition for her work and been awarded National Percent for Art, and General Services Administration (GSA) Art In Architecture commissions. Her selected work is archived in the Minnesota Historical Society.

https://www.patbenincasa-art.com/about
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