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THE 'BOUNTY CHRONICLES' FINE ART COLLECTION
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"Tofua to Timor"
The enormity of
the task, the desperate nature of their situation and
the insignificance of their plight to an uncaring ocean
is the preoccupation of this scene. Wet, cold and perpetual
motion in an open box was the fate of those clinging to
the Bounty's launch. In construction the picture is based
on a centralised dark and bottomless well. The action,
like a whirlpool, gathers momentum as it drags at the edges
of the picture. Overlaying this is a geometric construction
of triangles and parallel lines as if to show that even
in chaos nature has a design or an order. Still there is
little relief for the eye ... and deliberately so as there
was precious little relief for the sailors! Foam streaks
the surface but there are no waves breaking. Bligh struggles
with the tiller in an attempt to turn the boat into the threatening
swell.
(4c) 23" x 15"
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