The End of Summer

Water, Ice & Distance

Medium

Chalk pastel

Dimensions

110 × 70 cm

Year

2010

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Penguins endure extreme hardship, together. They march across the ice at the end of each summer's feeding to face the long dark nights of the Antarctic cold, on the central land masses at the bottom of the world. The sky transitions from left to right, yellow to cool grey. The ice wall behind the penguins symbolises their inability to escape their environment. But, as in many communities, this is just how things are, and the penguins carry their heads high.

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