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Acrylic on Paper, 19"x25", Painted in 1997
n 1977, the SUPERIOR PRODUCER, a 3000-ton freighter, arrived in the port of Willemstad, Curacao to pick up its new cargo. The ship's cargo was t-shirts, trousers, towels, alcohol and electronic goods - to be sold for Christmas on the island of Margarita, Venezuela. Despite the serious safety warnings of the ship's captain, the hulls were stuffed to the brim, beyond the capacity of the vessel and the cargo was poorly secured. Leaving the harbor, the ship was quick to sink. From all parts, people rushed to the scene to help with the “rescue.” The lucky guys had scuba gear - others just jumped into the water and grabbed anything that they could find floating. For a crate of whisky, masks were flipped off faces and regulators ripped out of mouths. In just a few days, the wreck was absolutely empty and all the cargo gone, only to reappear some days later on the market - washed, dried and at a discount price. Over the years, the powerful current has brushed the paint off the hull, and scarlet coral jewels now cover the freighter. The ship has been virtually transformed into a coral garden. Barracudas, jacks and snappers swim quietly in the empty hull where the legendary fights for t-shirts took place. Solidly anchored on the bottom and squarly on its keel, the Superior Producer has had a happy ending, far away from the lust and greed of humans and the tragedies of the sea. |
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Price: $3600.00
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By Dominique Serafini
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Dominique has spent his life driven by his two passions—the sea and his art. Born in Paris, France in 1946, he studied painting at l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts de Paris from 1966-68. His most important body of work was created on board the Calypso as underwater illustrator and writer for l'Equipe Cousteau. From 1982 to 1997, he created 17 animated books for children inspired by Jacques Cousteau's expeditions around the world.
Since the death of Cousteau, Dominique has returned to his true passion of painting underwater sealife and shipwrecks on canvas. Dominique has explored the most spectacular shipwrecks of the world and has captured them on canvas. His sealife and coral reef acrylic series captures the world’s most beautiful reefs. |
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