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| Laina and Mo at The Fremont Foundry, oil on canvas by Sam Day |
Event
venues can be made from anything these days. The Fremont Foundry is a
magnificent space that preserves an old industrial metal works, including a
fully functioning gantry crane (not pictured). It mostly just lifts a massive
chandelier, but it’s there if you need to lift something really heavy. That’s in the atrium, of course, where
dinner was served. The setting for my painting was the penthouse. The ceremony
was outside on one of the expansive roof decks, as were cocktails, during which
guests flowed in and out of the penthouse. After dinner downstairs, they came
back up to the penthouse for dancing.
My painting
depicts both ends of the evening. On the left, through a window, we see the
ceremony, with the wedding party lined up against the skyline. It’s a small,
loose rendering; a detail in the background. On the right, through another
window, we see the guests at cocktails. Through higher windows, we see the
changing light at dusk. And in the center of the dance floor, the couple poses
with their mothers.
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| The couple and their mothers |
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