'COVID19 Travel Update'
28H x 28Wcm
Linocut and stencil, watercolour and ink, post marks and stamps, twine and split pin; edition of 5
(created specifically for The Overwintering Print Portfolio.)
These prints travelled 30,000kms to Alaska and return with the migratory short-tailed shearwaters that left Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island in April 2020, during the global pandemic.
Stamped, sorted, stuck down and torn, the prints followed the courageous journey of these little shorebirds and, like the birds, took more than six weeks to complete each leg. Some didn’t arrive at all. With art imitating life, the prints were delayed leaving Alaska due to insufficient postage while some of the shearwaters lingered longer than usual in their struggle to find sufficient food in warming oceans.
Both arrived back in Victoria during Stage 4 lockdown abit worse for wear; at least they had their masks!