Children of the Sea 2

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Well done Emma for the thoughts and this lovely painting.

You have created something very beautiful and thought provoking Emma. Love the delicate washes.

Fabulous Emma, am enjoying seeing this latest concept developing.

Watercolour on Saunders Waterford, quarter imperial. Marks stamped and added by using plastic rubbish. First of a planned series of paintings that I’ve named Children of the Sea. These paintings have live in my mind for over a year, but until now I did not have the skills to paint children the way I wanted, nor a clear idea of how to realise the idea that I had. I had a vision of these beautiful, innocent and unformed human beings facing the environmental catastrophe that is the plastic pollution of our seas. It is both a reflection on our children’s future and on the fact that by merely existing we seem to be contributing to the situation. I also wanted to create something beautiful out of something ugly.