The fruit machines of Leisureland, the Mint, the Flamingo and the Silver Sipper inspire Great Yarmouth artist Jane Hall's new original artworks.
Fruit Machine Painting
Forever taking inspiration from the seaside sights of Great Yarmouth, it is the fuit machines of the seaside holiday resort's many amusement arcades that have inspired the latest original artworks by Jane Hall. Those who are familiar with arcades like Leisureland, the Mint, the Silver Slipper and Gold Rush will know them to be bright, colourful places full of neon light and slot machines. The machines flash and twinkle as you wander by them. Winnings rattle loudly into metal trays. It is all designed to draw you in and encourage you to have a go yourself
Orignal Great Yarmouth Pictures
The vibrancy of the slot machines and the life they bring to Great Yarmouth's Marine Parade make them an excellent subject for artist Jane Hall. She has always been fascinated by colourful signage and the way advertising features in the urban landscape. And the big, bold frontages of the slot machines she is now blowing up, in monumental style, manage to be as eye-catching and tempting as the machines in the arcades themselves. This is bold art, owing much to Pop Art, but with a modern sensibility; and with a strong, unmissable link to the seaside resort where Jane Hall lives and works.
The fruit machine paintings of Jane Hall will go on display at Great Yarmouth Library in February 2014. They will be shown alongside her ice cream paintings and other works exploring the Great British seaside holiday as it is today.
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