D. The Harbour Series

This series of charcoal drawings and etchings/monoprints was made during the course of 1989, when most of my time away from my studio was spent in the old Cape Town Harbour, helping to prepare a little sailing boat for an ocean-crossing to Brazil. I had the opportunity to observe the changing light in the harbour at various times of the day and night and in all sorts of weather, and was fascinated with the way the structures stood still and strong in the harbour, and the in the midst of the roaring winds and tumultuous storms of the Cape.

The completion of this series of works coincided with the final preparations for the trip, and waiting only for Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, we set off in a roaring South Easter in the direction of Brazil in early February 1990, and continued sailing for two years, eventually completing four ocean crossings and covering almost 40 000 nautical miles….but that is a story for another time!

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