Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns

by | Nov 14, 2020 | All posts, Drawing Brunswick Street

Fitzroy Library Exhibition 13 Nov 2020 to 31 Jan 2021:  Display Case 10

When coronavirus arrived we all bunkered down at home. When we briefly emerged in June our little group decided to play it safe and stay away from crowds. So we moved north, and crossed the great divide of Alexandra Parade, the scene of a bank robbery in 1953. I drew quickly, worried about another lockdown – and of course it happened. My next outing, 15 weeks later, was to the Polyester Records serpent, within my 5km boundary.

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Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns

Artwork in display case

View from Polyester Records, 387 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2020.
The Lord Newry Hotel, 543 Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2020.

Gallery – history

Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Hello pandemic! Heading north between lockdowns