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This was one of the earliest of the environmental paintings I began around 2010. The idea was inspired by a Dufy image I saw called the Black Ship. Mine looks nothing like his, but the idea of a looming oil tanker off a coastal beach captured my imagination. It reminded me of the black freighter in 'Pirate Jenny' (Brecht/Weil). It's ghostly apparition, gliding silently in the distance, is signaling the destruction of our ecosystems for profit.