42°N, 66°W and 40°N, 70°W

 

These are the first in a series of paintings based on the route of the whale ship Essex before its disastrous sinking by an aggressive sperm whale off the western coast of South America. If you have google earth check out this virtual tour of their path. I made a quick video of how the supports were made for these two new paintings.

(Couldn’t resist those cheesy apple sound bites!)