Black Swan Raw

The Black Swan Raw series, continuing from my mute swan anatomy research. Originally starting with research into vast container ships, an image that gives a sense of ore in it's incredible engineering and scale. I started painting metaphors rather than literal interpretation to communicate this sense. The first Maersk Swan portrayed this using bold lettering, neatly painted and the image of the ever epic swan from a side view showing the engineering in it's wings. This was painted roughly onto unprimed linen, it was sketching with paint rather than painting. This gave me the idea for the series, to repeat the same image, changing one element in each. Evolution through repetition.