Lobster & Lantern

Lobster & Lantern

(acrylic on canvas) 1992

Courtesy Garry Watkins

This painting is entirely imagined, though the lobster is painted from life. The hurricane lantern and the fisherman's rowboat were props obtained from the Cooks River where boats are moored after fishermen return with their catch from the waters of Botany Bay and beyond.

This painting is entirely imagined, though the lobster is painted from life. The hurricane lantern and the fisherman's rowboat were props obtained from the Cooks River where boats are moored after fishermen return with their catch from the waters of Botany Bay and beyond.