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.

Finding my way

I am beginning a new series of work in encaustic and this is one of the exploratory pieces.  I am still experimenting and deciding so until I find out what I am actually up to I've named the series Finding My Way.

 The work is stemming from a temporary visual experience I had during cataract surgery when my lens was removed prior to having the new one  put in. You are looking into a bright light so the world becomes  fuzzy white.  The experience is both frightening and thought provoking. It brought a  lot of observations and questions with it.

 Without colour and contrast how would you represent the world?  What  art elements can you use?  How would you represent your thoughts?  .....

          What if ..... Beach Language  ( 2013 ) 12 x45 in.  encaustic, encaustic gesso, driftwood, glue