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The ocean alight

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Another strange, quick painting like the last one. Based on a dream I had last night where I had to watch a video of whales, dolphins and sharks being hurt or killed by humans. Not very pleasant.

One of the clips showed a group of sperm whales in a net while a bomb detonated below them. So today I wanted to paint a whale coming too close to one of the many bombs humans have dropped in the ocean. It's a real problem for them, even today. In 2012 a young killer whale (L112) stranded on the BC coast, and although cause of death could not be determined with total certainty, it was suspected she died of 'blast trauma' sustained from an exploding bomb.

Also if you look up navy bomb tests on youtube you'll see that the sea turns bright azure for a split second after detonation. That's why most of the background is such a vibrant blue.


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