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Intrepid Traveller Painting
Australia
Painting, Oil on Other
Size: 78.7 W x 39.4 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
Inspired by a true story: In January 1992 the cargo ship Ever Laurel was caught in a North Pacific storm, spilling overboard several 12m containers filled with some 28,800 duck bath toys. The first beaching was in Alaska, some 1500km away. Over the years there were more along the US West Coast, Russia and Hawaii. Tracked by scientists, the ducks’ odyssey has shed insight into ocean currents and wind patterns, spawning computer simulated models, articles and books. Against the vastness of the ocean, this childish plaything, man-made and indigenous to the bathtub, evokes the indomitable spirit of the epic first ocean voyages whilst doubling as a fable on consequences of globalisation and the reality that is of ocean pollution. And in a parody of Herman Melville’s 1851 classic Moby-Dick, the out of scale human element adds whimsical curiosity to this quixotic 20 year odyssey.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:78.7 W x 39.4 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia's top 50 artists. In the past few years he's won, or been a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards. He's had 14 solo and 80 group shows. He's painted all his life but allowed himself to be distracted by other careers, working variously as a lecturer, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Vogel Literary Award. He's lived in Australia, the UK, Portugal & Malaysia, and once camped for several months beneath a grand piano. He spent nights under stars in India, under-ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under-nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
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