Whaler's Cove
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Top images: Whaler's Cove Boulders and Reaching Outwards, acrylic and pen on canvas, 30 cm x 30 cm, 2012; Witness, collagraph, 2015
Lower image: Displaced Stories Chapter One, monoprint, collagraph, thread, 28.5 cm high x 68 cm wide, 2015
I'm interested in the layers of history at this location, on the southern coast of Western Australia. Once an on-shore whaling operation, it is now a pristine beach. I imagine how it was in the 1850s, reeked with blood, stench and brutality, and contrast this with the tranquility experienced today. I think about how the granite rocks and trees have witnessed this history.
Lower image: Displaced Stories Chapter One, monoprint, collagraph, thread, 28.5 cm high x 68 cm wide, 2015
I'm interested in the layers of history at this location, on the southern coast of Western Australia. Once an on-shore whaling operation, it is now a pristine beach. I imagine how it was in the 1850s, reeked with blood, stench and brutality, and contrast this with the tranquility experienced today. I think about how the granite rocks and trees have witnessed this history.
