Sounding Whale - Labrador Sea 1998 | 27" x 38" Oil Tempera on Panel Shostak 2024 First Star is a 16"

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Sounding Whale - Labrador Sea 1998 | 27" x 38" Oil Tempera on Panel Shostak 2024 First Star is a 16"About the Artwork Sounding Whale Labrador Sea is a 27" 38" oil on panel created in 1998 by David Blackwood RCA (19412022). The massive tail of a whale rises from turbulent seas, rendered in deep blacks and rich purples. Luminous spray cascades from the flukes in pale pinks, lavenders, and whitescolours that transform observation into something approaching the spiritual. For Blackwood, the whale represents the threshold between seen and unseen worlds;