We drive our ships

We drive our shipsArtist: Fringe Title: We drive our ships Media: Oil on canvas Size: 250cm x 200cm Authentication certificate included FRINGE BIO Fringe, born in 1976, has used imagery from the mass media, digital media, and cartoons to movie culture, to produce paintings on canvas, figurative plastic and bronze sculptures filled with irony and satire. Fringes story is a combination of high output and well timed solo exhibitions that have launched his signature

and I needed a fresh foreground that played to the lore of the island

It reflects a dynamic approach to navigating life's challenges

we walked very gingerly - baby step by baby step - until he was waist deep

Or the chart of the mind’s eye to be exact

These are not easy images to execute as there is such limited light

Much of the road that ran from Santa Monica through California

The island’s greatest trick is to offer a sense of belonging to visitors

Nothing would get in their way: forests would be cut

we cast three of my favourite cowboys - Ty Mitchell and Ryan Marshall from West Texas and Mad Jack from Virginia City

there is fine detail in this study

The goal was to take a picture with an unambiguous sense of place and sense of a specific era

was one such occasion