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"Snorkelling with Stromatelites"
Hamelin Pool Shark Bay Western Australia
15 July 2002
27 x 47 x 14 cm
Oil on Double Primed Belgian Linen mounted on sanded hardboard
$1,107
Painting Inspiration:
The ancient stromatelites are thought to have survived as a species for millions of years poised in their vertical columnar colonies in the hyper saline waters of Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay Western Australia.
The shade of a jaded lime at eleven o'clock is my favourite hue here, when the breezy northerly whips the tips of the wind washed bay waves. As a snorkeller I bob dizzily in a tepid salt bath. My entourage of flag tailed fishy friends hover expectantly so I stir up the silt and they feed in a frenzy of underwater dust which attracts a couple of baby bream and midget golden trevally stripes intact.
Our observatory meander continues past the ancient living statues, past schools of small fry, over divots of substrate dweller's pin holes and mollusc munched pot holes gliding on to do lunch with the muncher, the multi-dorsaled Shovel Nosed Ray. He slightly spooks and shuffles away. With my pores salty saturated I thank my crowd and leave the untouched pool polarised and still immersed in misty greens and crusted crystals.
For More works by the artist Michelle Wardley please visit http://www.naturaloceanart.com.au or email michelle@naturaloceanart.com.au
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