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I’m just back from my first stint at Burton Constable Hall as Artist in Residence. I have spent a wonderful four days in the barn with their iconic sperm whale skeleton mentioned in Moby Dick. As well as working on drawings of the skeleton and other items in the collection that have caught my eye […]
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The whaling collection at Hull is mentioned in Moby Dick and is, therefore, a very special place. The whaling gallery at Hull Maritime Museum is one of my most inspiring places and I visit it as often as I can. The skeleton of a right whale and models and paintings of ships have all influenced […]
Whaling carried on in Dundee later than any other Port in Britain because of the use of whale oil in the local jute processing industry. One of the great benefits to me of this is that Dundee has a fantastic collection of whaling photographs, of ships, whaling and the arctic locations. This is also one […]