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DEATH ON THE BEACH
oils 48" x 36" / 122cm x 91.5cm -
THE FISEHRBOY SETS SAIL
oils 42" x 38" / 107cm x 96.5cm -
MERMAID AND NIGHT FISHERMEN
Mixed media 32" x 23.25" / 82cm x 59cm -
STUDY FOR THE FISHERBOY SETS SAIL
charcoal A2 -
THE FISHERBOY AND HIS FATHER (STUDY FOR FISHERBOY SETS SAIL)
32" x 23.25" / 82cm x 59cm -
STUDY FOR FISHERBOY SETS SAIL (WITH RAPUNZEL)
chacoal and gouache 33" x 23.5" / 86cm x 61 cm -
STUDY FOR THE FISHERBOY SETS SAIL
charcoal + wash 33" x 23.5" / 86cm x 61 cm -
THE MERMAID AND CRONE - FISHERBOY SERIIES
Acrylic 33" x 23.25" / 84cm x 59cm -
THE FISHING SPEAR BREAKS - FISHERBOY SERIES
charcoal 33" x 23" / 84cm x 59cm -
JEALOUS OF THE CATCH - FISHERBOY SERIES
charcoal 33" x 23" / 84cm x 59cm -
FISHER-WOMAN'S FAMILY WITH BOY SETTING SAIL
charcoal 33" x 23" / 84cm x 59cm
NARRATIVE
ARTWORKS
THE FISHERBOY SET SAIL
is a visual and text project which is very much a work-in-progress that has been sustained over many years.
The story recounts an odyssey (only vaguely related to Homer's) composed of several layers or alternative versions. Featuring a youth, or in one strand, a young couple, escaping home and encountering the world/themselves. Most of the narrative occurs on, or about, the sea (– presumably symbolic of the un- or sub- conscious and therefore peopled with archetypes and symbols.)