After Much talk the swell arrived. Digital Drawing Jenny Barr 2019

As the swell left under darkness one wave settled in.Digital drawing Jenny Barr 2019

Ding Dong. Digital drawing Jenny Barr 2019

The civility of french earl grey at 4pm was escaping. Digitl drawing Jenny Barr 2019

A sailors farewell. Digital Drawing Jenny Barr 2019

To Sea we go, farewells are done.Digital drawing Jenny Barr 2019

Process. Digital and original idea. Jenny Barr 2019

Here are a selection of drawings from the 'After Much Talk' series I have created over the last few months. The flooring, the tea cups, the Sanderson print furniture are all original features from the 1970's fibro shack I moved to in December 2018. There are currently 15 drawings with more in progress.

The story begins with the much anticipated arrival of a great swell, everyone has been talking about it for days, watching and waiting for its final showing hoping it is a source of immense wildness and play. 

My drawings aim to follow the idea of the wild, which we live with, or shelter from, inside our domesticated creations.  

"this juxtaposition of domestic frame and wild/violent elements is perfect" Miriam Wei Wei Lo, Poet.

I live in a small surf obsessed seaside hamlet called Gracetown, in the south west of Western Australia.  In April 2019 after a few short months trialling the Shark Smart Alarm and Tagging program the first great white was caught on the smart drum line, measuring 4.5m long- same length as our kitchen- so I call her April and when the beachside alarms go off I can hear them in the house. 'Ding Dong'

xjen