On one of our vacations to see family in Queensland we stopped for a look at the HMAS Gayundah. She was one of the first ships given by England to the Queensland colony. We seen photos of her at the Maritime Museum, but she is now a rusty hull being used as a beach breaker in Redcliffe. It was a sad moment for me to see something so beautiful reduced to rust so I made "Faded History"
I added watercolour pencil for the colour to really show the rusting, then decided to colour the whole picture. It is only 9X12 drawing paper as a study to which her true size and beauty is understated. I hope to work this up in a larger scale one day with more detail. I use it as a card print for sales at the moment.
There are so many pieces of Australian history people don't realize is there to see. The Gayundah is off on a secluded part of Redcliffe with a stone marker on the street above. It is a nice walk to get over to this part of the beach which from behind you can see the new highrise apartments going in behind. Old with the new...a mix that doesn't work well for the past.
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