The Ghost Ship 1
£2,500
Original – Acrylics with wax, sand & metallic chippings on box canvas framed in black wood box float frame, 65cm x 65cm x 6cm
The Ghost Ship 1 is a largish artwork that creates a bold statement.
Part of my Ghost Ships Collection– it is a quietly haunting abstract work. Its largely monochrome palette gives it the reflective stillness of something suspended between past and present. Part of a mini‑series inspired by the rediscovery of the Endurance in the Antarctic seas in March 2022 — found astonishingly intact after 107 years beneath the ice — the painting channels both the ship’s fate and its remarkable survival. Shackleton’s choice of name feels prophetic here, echoed in the subtle use of the word END, a nod to both the vessel’s identity and its final resting place.
Constructed from acrylics, sand, beeswax and metallic chippings, the surface carries the tactile weight of lived history. The found materials root the work in the physical world of ships, ice and endurance, while the monochrome stripes evoke the stark contrasts of polar light and shadow. These elements together create a sense of something preserved yet unreachable — a vessel held in memory, suspended in time, neither fully present nor entirely lost.
The Ghost Ship becomes less a depiction of a wreck and more an evocation of its lingering spirit: resilient, silent, and still carrying the imprint of the journey that defined it.
If you would like more photos of this work to really get a feel for its detail and texture, please contact me.
