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 10th 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…
Vanda – Study of Hastings
Ink on paper |
Vanda – Boats
Acrylic, collage and pencils on paper
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Jane Goddard – Fishing Boats on the Beach (After ‘Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries’ 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh)
Acrylics and ink on paper
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Lorna Howell – Heading Home To Iona
Collage and acrylic on paper
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Lorna Howell – Shetland Gannets
Watercolour and acrylic |
Lorna Howell – Together Again After a Long Day’s Fishing
Watercolour
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Paula – Great Uncle Charlie’s Fishing Boat Going Into Kilkeel Harbour (N.Ireland)
Oil pastels on paper and calico |
Paula – All At Sea
Collage with marbled tracing paper |
Lynn Laws – Skipper
Graphite on paper
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Lynn Laws – Rolling Seas
Ink and collage
Lynn Laws – Regatta
Acrylic
Lynn Laws – Sunken Boat
Pastel and graphite on paper
Christie Archer – Sea Fever – ‘I must down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by’
(John Masefield)
Acrylic with torn paper
Jo Melhuish – Abandon Ship
(after Francois Etienne Musin – ‘HMS Erebus in the Ice’ 1846)
Acrylic on paper
Maurice – The Marmion Trilogy. 1. The Encounter
Acrylic on paper
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Maurice – The Marmion Trilogy. 2. The Bay of Biscay
Acrylic on paper
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Maurice – The Marmion Trilogy. 3 When’s Daddy Coming Home.
Ink and watercolour with digital download |
Maurice – The Marmion Trilogy
Triptych comprised of 3 individual pieces (see above) |
Chris – Sinking
Pastel on paper
Chris – Not Going Anywhere
Crayon and watercolour on paper
Chris – Nets Drying
Watercolour
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Harriet – At Sea I
Acrylic on paper
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Harriet – At Sea II
Acrylic on paper
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Harriet – At Sea III
Acrylic and chalk on paper
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Harriet – Study for Sea Monster I
Found image cut out (Ray Harryhausen), tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner
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Harriet – Study for Sea Monster II
Tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner
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Harriet – Study for Sea Monster III
Clay, tree bark, cloth, wire, thread, ribbon, pipe cleaner, tissue paper,
silver paper |
Sylvie Fenton -Sirène dans un port
Ink on paper |
Sylvie Fenton – Pieuvre dans les vagues
Ink and acrylic on paper |
Sylvie Fenton – La Nouvelle Vague: première vague
Acrylic diluted with glue and water plus acrylic ink on paper |
Sylvie Fenton – La Nouvelle Vague: deuxième vague
Acrylic diluted with glue and water plus acrylic ink on paper |
Sylvie Fenton – La Nouvelle Vague: troisième vague
Acrylic diluted with glue and water plus acrylic ink on paper |
Hilary – No I don’t want to book a cruise right now
Acrylic on paper |
John Cutler – Rough Crossing
Acrylic and collage
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Jill – Shark Entangled in Abandoned Fishing Gear
Graphite and pastel on paper
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Jill – “I do love to be beside the seaside “; Summer Madness.
Watercolour on paper
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JC – Boatyard Dogi Otok, Croatia
Acrylic on paper
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JC – Basque Boat yard , Leikatio, Northern Spain
Watercolour on paper
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JC – Charcoal study , boat yard, Dougi Otok .
Charcoal on paper
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JC – Charcoal study , boat yard, Dougi Otok II
Charcoal on paper
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Dieter – Okavango Delta
Lino cut on paper
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Dieter – Stormy Weather I
Lino cut on rice paper
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Dieter – Stormy Weather II
Lino cut on rice paper
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Dieter – Stormy Weather III
Lino cut on Kitakata paper
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Dieter – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (after Rembrandt) I
Lino cut on paper
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Dieter – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (after Rembrandt) II
Lino cut on paper
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