In art and storytelling, the ship deck is a stage.
Franklin Booth (1874-1948) on board shipJames Tissot women on ship deckFor ‘Ocean Tramps’ in The Wide World Magazine May 1920 illustration by W. E. WigfullArthur Covey for ‘Brutality’ 1909 in McClures MagazineArthur Covey for ‘Brutality’ 1909 in McClures Magazine He found the vessel half a point off her courseThe Mysterious Island by Jules Verne; Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth; Charles Scribner’s Sons (1920). Ayrton’s Fight with the PiratesTrending INTO MAINE illustratred by N.C. Wyeth 1938 ship deckFrank E. Schoonover for The Scarlett Cockerel by C.M. Sublette, 1931James Wilson Morrice (Canadian painter) 1865-1924 On Shipboard, ca. 1906-07
Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile cover art by Andrew Davidson
The Glasshouse by M. Barnard EldershawChampion Book For Girls Mixed Short Stories 1935The Queen Elizabeth Family by Enid Blyton 1951
On the Deck by Abbot Fuller Graves (1859-1936). Graves was famous for his floral illustrations
Septimus E Scott ‘Norfolk Broads’ LNER Railway poster c 1925MCCLELLAND BARCLAY (American, 1891-1943) Pictorial Review cover September 1933Orient Cruises Vintage Poster
William Howard Jarvis (1903–1964) poster for Cunard White Star Cruises c1934
Ship In Rough Water John Whorf (American Painter, 1903-1959) 1930
Comforting-Words Howard Pyle ship
John Watson Nicol – Lochaber No More shipEllen Bernard Thompson Pyle, The Immigrants, 1899Tibor Gergely, The Merry Shipwreck by Georges Duplaix, 1942 deckAurelius Battaglia, 1960Chums – No. 800 – January 8th 1908. A man stands on a deck while his ship sinks.They were Strong and Good Robert LawsonThe Sportsman cover illustration 1930 by Guy Arnoux
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project:
