Art Project course gallery No. 14

Art Project: All At Sea / Day of the Seafarer

This week’s Art Project – All at sea…

This week’s brief commemorated the 10^th anniversary of Day of the Seafarer which fell on Thursday 25 June.

Day of the Seafarer is an annual, global event that highlights the work of the thousands of people who play a vital role working on the sea or coast – from fishermen to coastguards, dockers to sailors, as well as those employed in the import/export trade, immigration and security fields. This year’s campaign aims to publicize how seafarers should also be regarded as key workers, emphasising how their work is especially critical during the pandemic to ensure the UK remains stocked in vital goods and medicines.

Artists took their cue from ideas, people and objects linked to seafaring – from sea-craft big and small, the workers associated with oceanic industry or leisure, to memories of a favourite bay or port you’ve visited. They could also consider coastline architecture, rough seas and gentle waves, maritime insignia and other paraphernalia, legends / stories about seafaring and the sea, or dive in deeper and consider colours, textures and life found above and below water…

Here’s a selection of artwork and prepatory studies made by some of the Art Project course artists taking part in the project.

Look out for another gallery of work coming soon…

Lynn Laws – Rolling Seas
Ink and collage

Lynn Laws – Regatta
Acrylic

Lynn Laws – Sunken Boat
Pastel and graphite on paper

Jo Melhuish – Abandon Ship
(after Francois Etienne Musin – ‘HMS Erebus in the Ice’ 1846)
Acrylic on paper

Chris – Sinking
Pastel on paper

Chris – Not Going Anywhere
Crayon and watercolour on paper

Harriet – At Sea I Acrylic on paper

Harriet – At Sea II Acrylic on paper

Harriet – At Sea III Acrylic and chalk on paper

Harriet – Study for Sea Monster I Found image cut out (Ray Harryhausen), tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner

Harriet – Study for Sea Monster II Tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner

Harriet – Study for Sea Monster III Clay, tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner, tissue paper, silver paper

John Cutler – Rough Crossing Acrylic and collage

Jill – Shark Entangled in Abandoned Fishing Gear Graphite and pastel on paper

Jill – “I do love to be beside the seaside “; Summer  Madness. Watercolour on paper

JC – Boatyard Dogi Otok, Croatia Acrylic on paper

JC – Basque Boat yard , Leikatio, Northern Spain Watercolour on paper

JC – Charcoal study , boat yard, Dougi Otok . Charcoal on paper

JC – Charcoal study , boat yard, Dougi Otok II Charcoal on paper

Dieter – Okavango Delta Lino cut on paper

Dieter – Stormy Weather I Lino cut on rice paper

Dieter – Stormy Weather II Lino cut on rice paper

Dieter – Stormy Weather III Lino cut on Kitakata paper

Dieter – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (after Rembrandt) I Lino cut on paper

Dieter – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (after Rembrandt) II Lino cut on paper