Last night we went to bed with grey clouds and blowing gales. Â This morning, we woke to blue skies and calm seas. Â We’re all pretty eager to leave now, and with the lovely weather its easy to imagine sitting on the deck watching whales swimming around us. Â Now that we’ve spent a couple of nights on the boat, and feel more at home on the sea – even if it’s just in the harbour – I think we all feel more creative and are ready to start making artwork.
Last night I started painting, filling in the bright Icelandic colours of a landscape. Â I was inspired by the jellyfish that surround Sea Dragon in the harbour, and the sea birds that swoop overhead. Â It made me more eager about drawing the whales we hope to see. Â I am excited to envisage on paper the experience of being on the ocean, with no land in sight. It’s a new thing for me, to embark on this kind of expedition, and I want to try to get the feeling down in pencil and paint – the raw wilderness surrounding us on all sides.
–Â Katie Henery, July 6, 2014
