Robinson Crusoe Island Watercolours

Situated some 362 nautical miles west of Chile in the South Pacific are the Juan Fernandez islands of which the largest is the island now named Robinson Crusoe Island .

From 1704 to 1709 , Alexander Selkirk was marooned there and became the partial inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s fictional novel Robinson Crusoe although the novel is set in the Caribbean .

On visiting the island I was taken by the volcanic geology . This painting was sourced from a couple of photos ( and acknowledgement to Nicki Heenan) of a bay surrounded by cliffs where several seals were resident . In an attempt to capture the rock texture and colour I have adopted an abstract approach . The painting is in watercolour on Bockingford 140lb paper . It is unframed .