Paintings and sculptures from the Iron Exhibition. These images are inspired by the artists experience in the shipyard where he was employed as a Loftsman.
Mckendrick spent 6 years in the famous John Brown's Shipyard on Clydeside spending most of his time working on the QE2.

An ocean going ship is a complex thing to build. Thousands of components have to be manufactured and numbered before assembly.

It was a major part of a Loftsmans job to draw out, number parts and mark with assembly instructions. Every single component was numbered for identification. A ship under constructionis in a sense a massive calligraphic undertaking. In McKendrick's paintings we can see the calligraphy of the shipbuilder. Numbers and symbols dominate the IRON series of paintings

An entire city was engaged in the production of ships and the industrial town Clydebank played a major role building some of the most iconic ships ever to have sailed. The artist in IRON created a temple to shipbuilders. Many of the aspects of the industry were illustrated, the struggle for a living wage, the mythology, religion, hardship and the dangers.

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