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Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA (25 April 1931 – 19 September 2017) [1] was a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists. [2] He was most famous for his paintings of steam locomotives (he owned a number of them) and wildlife, although he also often painted aircraft, portraits (notably The Queen Mother) and landscapes.
The role of the sea in culture has been important for centuries, as people experience the sea in contradictory ways: as powerful but serene, beautiful but dangerous. [2] Human responses to the sea can be found in artforms including literature, art, poetry, film, theatre, and classical music. The earliest art representing boats is 40,000 years old.
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Salt-Water Poems and Ballads is a book of poetry on themes of seafaring and maritime history by British future Poet Laureate John Masefield. It was first published in 1916 by Macmillan, with illustrations by Charles Pears. The collection includes "Sea-Fever" and "Cargoes", two of Masefield's best known poems.
The triumph of Dionysus, depicted on a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus. Dionysus rides in a chariot drawn by panthers; his procession includes elephants and other exotic animals. The Dionysiaca / ˌ d aɪ. ə. n ɪ ˈ z aɪ. ə. k ə / (Ancient Greek: Διονυσιακά, Dionysiaká) is an ancient Greek epic poem and the principal work of Nonnus.
Gillian Avery (1926–2016) – The Warden's Niece, The Elephant War, A Likely Lad; Harold Avery (1869–1943) – The Triple Alliance, Play the Game; Avi (born 1937) – Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle; Christopher Awdry (born 1940) – The Railway Series #27–40 (Thomas the Tank Engine stories)
Like the river, the poem starts on Dartmoor, and ends at Dartmouth, in the sea. People introduced along the way include "at least one mythical figure ("Jan Coo: his name means So-and-So of the Woods"), a naturalist, a fisherman and bailiff, dead tin miners, a forester, a water nymph, a canoeist, town boys, a swimmer, a water extractor, a dairy ...
"But the sea and maritime life are central to many of his poems, both short (e.g., "Erosion Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine," "Sea-Gulls," "Silences Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine") and long, such as "The Cachalot" (1926), describing duels between a whale and its foes, a giant squid and a whaling ship and crew; The ...