Boil Rock, South West Tasmania
A 'boil' rock is one that depending on sea or tide state might lie just below the surface, betrayed only by a disturbance or 'boil' of water as the sea washes over it.
This is the artists statement that accompanied the print when it was exhibited in the Bowness art prize at Monash Gallery of Art.
"Sailing due west of Boil Rock, off the south west coast of Tasmania, the next landfall you will make is the northern limits of Patagonia, though to do so is not advisable, as the wind is relentlessly from that direction. The effect of this extreme 'fetch' or 'reach' is that even when the weather off the south west of Tasmania is calm there is always an underlying swell, the remnant of storms, days and many thousands of kilometers removed to the west. On one such calm day, while keeping a weather eye over my shoulder, I found that if I let the motor of my zodiac idle, it would ride up on the surge generated by the swell and ride back without becoming stranded on the flanks of Boil Rock."
This image was part of a portfolio of four images that gained the highest aggregate score in the landscape category of the Canon/Australian Professional Photography Awards in 2006. It has subsequently been entered in a number of national and international competitions for fine art and professional photography award. In every case it has been awarded or selected as a finalist. The competions were