The glow of the sunset
A combination of blooming flowers and a sunset often creates a peaceful and serene atmosphere, inviting moments of reflection and appreciation for nature.
This piece represent the mass devastation of coral conflicted by nets/ghost nets. its colourful foundation ripped and torn apart whilst being trapped across the coral beds, i conveyed the living and deceased ends upon the red to imply how distractive ghost nets can truly be whilst drifting through the currents. Everyday and night, the destruction continues.
Art Centre notes:
Paper size: 57 x 76cm
The artwork is a painting, Materials : acrylic and paint pen on BFK Rives paper
(100% cotton rag with strong archival properties).
Artist: Nathan Dowling
A single canoe ventures the cluster of tropical fish. 3 brave and curious men stops rowing to gaze at the various types of aquatic life to provide for the village. This is an old tradition which is still practiced today. The ghostly figures depict the traditional ways of our people are still practiced even long after passed.
Art Centre notes:
Paper size: 76 x 57cm
The artwork is a painting, Materials : acrylic and paint pen on BFK Rives paper
(100% cotton rag with strong archival properties).
Artist: Nathan Dowling
Please pay attention to the sky shifting sea channels. They weave through coral reefs and ventures anywhere the current takes them. They can even take some or more coral reefs with them (mostly the dead and weak coral). The white spots on the coral arches are bleached and gone yet the coral still stands. Sometimes the channels bring the dead corals to the beaches to show the land whats going on. “what is going on”
Art Centre notes:
Paper size: 76 x 57cm
The artwork is a painting, Materials : acrylic and paint pen on BFK Rives paper
(100% cotton rag with strong archival properties).
Artist: Nathan Dowling