Montebello Islands Western Australia
Tuesday 16 August 2005 61 x 38 x 2 cm
Original Oil painting on fine Belgian linen, light weight pine stretch unframed
Painting Code: MBTA160805
actual painting weight: 2 kg Original painting SOLD
Painting Inspiration:
This was our first anchorage on arriving at the Montys after a few days pottering down the coast from Dampier. The clarity of the water here was fantastic & you could see the sandy silty bottom as the tide ebbed. As Steve explored further up the passage in the inflatable with Nikki, I stayed on board & did some fishing. It did not take long until the reel went off in a slow drag & after a 15 minute play, a gorgeous shovel nosed ray with tiny blue flecks on his modified snout came to the surface.
The pliers just being out or reach of course made the task of removing the hook fouled on the outer edge of his underside cheek difficult, I had to sit on the poor creature, but he thrashed away anyway. I eventually managed to get him back in the water unharmed & he cruised away unfazed... as those shovelnoses do.
They are peaceful creatures of refined indifference.
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