'Passing' by Ian Patience

Whitley Bay

Entrance hall to platform 2

1983

‘Passing’, a triptych mosaic, expresses the passing of time through the image of a young family.

The outer panels depict them on a day trip to the beach while the central panel depicts a nocturnal seascape, devoid of human activity.

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