21 cm (w) x 29.5 cm (h), blue biro on grey bond paper.

This old boat was part of the Maritime Museum at Port Adelaide. Its details and appearance spoke of years of productive working life on the sea. I wondered about the people who had worked on it, and wondered what stories the boat had been part of.

I drew the boat as a form, trying to capture its presence as a large steel object, gently rocking on the Port River. I have applied imaginary grids over the surface of the water and various objects in the drawing, to help express their orientation and general form.