HIC SUNT DRACONES — “Here there are dragons.”

These words are found on the Ostrich Egg Globe—the first globe known to exist with the New World on it—which is thought to have been created by Leonardo da Vinci.

Sea monsters are pervasive across cultures. Their origins are numerous and wide-ranging. They are dragons: symbols of danger and adventure—of the unexplored, the unfamiliar, and unknown.

I created this work inspired by 19th-century Romantic artists, primarily J.M.W. Turner and Caspar David Friedrich, and the way they captured the sublime. This is the first person perspective of a sailor on a ship looking out onto a tumultuous sea and sky. Here there are dragons.

Details:

• Medium: Acrylic on panel

• Dimensions (HxWxD): 24x18x2”

• Date: 2021

• This work is signed, titled, and dated on the back.

• Professionally varnished.

• Wired on the back for easy installation

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