Sentinel

 

 Failed  Fishery - Margaret Ryall

Time Changes, Butter Point, Jerseyside - Margaret Ryall

Growing up with access to a beach with a fishing stage nearby brought me in constant contact  with all sorts of angry ocean remnants. I continue to seek the sea's treats during the summer months on the beaches of my then and now homes.

 

 Keels, NL - Margaret Ryall

 Codfish bones remain one of my favourite things to find. 

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  They have such delicate fluted edges and the colour is a wheaty white. As a child we had funny names for  all the different bones and we found creative ways to use them in our play. 

 Sentinel (2013) mixed media  (codfish bone, paper, gesso, encaustic)  6 x 6 in.

This work stems from that period in my life.  Our original name for this bone was soldier, but age has moved my thinking along to Sentinel.  This is another work in my "Finding my way" series.