“Davy Jones Locker”
Mixed Media Assemblage
17″ X 21.5 “
by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Davy Jones‘ Locker is a metaphor for the bottom of the sea—the final
resting place for sailors who are the victims of shipwrecks and is used
as a euphemism for drowning. Silver coins spilling from a pirate chest
seem to be doing these victims of shipwreck at sea no good at all. Media
includes sand and shells collected from various Mexican beaches by the artist.
The slingshot, cloth and even the plastic cup were found on the beach. The cup is covered with coral and was obviously once on its way to being incorporated into a coral reef. The tiny chest, the silver fish and the skeletons were the only objects added to help tell the story that were not collected on beaches.
For Jez’s Water Water Everywhere prompt
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Good one. But I think you need a bone in there somewhere. A small bone. Maybe a finger. Just a wee hint of death?
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Marilyn, I count 3 skeletons. Don’t those count? (Well, pretty sure Judy didn’t use real human skeletons!)
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Let me look again. I didn’t see them, but my vision is not my strong suit.
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Four skeletons, actually… one in the trunk.
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I just don’t see very well anymore. Without my glasses, I can see close, but sometimes, things are a bit hazy. It’s why a rarely read anymore Mostly, I listen.
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I am the same re/ reading. By the time I have time to do so, I have “used up” my vision. I listen to books, although recently I have two I have to read as they aren’t available in Audible.
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I know. There are always some things you have to read because you can’t get them on audio, but it’s a struggle. By the end of the day, my eyes are exhausted. I make visual mistake. Recently, a lot of them. I have to really focus to drive, but Garry has reached an age where he really doesn’t want to drive if he doesn’t have to and at least locally, there’s no reason why I can’t. It’s parking and backing up that are my worst problems. I was never good at them. Now, it’s really difficult and gauging distances in small areas is very tricky.
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Amazing work Judy.
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Oops, you are right. I guess I should put my glasses on, huh.
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Another original take on a theme
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BEAUTIFULLY DONE JUDY~!
Thanks so much for your beautiful Assemblage art Judy and the explanation is perfect too. You have already started off my week with a smile on my face. I would love to have that hanging in my home. THANKS~!
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Ha.. I took it out of Diane Pearl’s gallery to exhibit it in the ASA show..The theme is “Water.”
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