HAMMERDOWN

MW33 - HAMMERDOWN

"HAMMERDOWN", 2004
Marc Winnat, Artist
Acrylic on Canvas

One summer while on my buddy's boat, we were fishing on Long Island Sound off the CT coast, near Old Saybrook. It was a hot and sunny day, but there was a strange haze in the air and the seas were pretty rough.

After a while I began to hear a very low hum, which seemed to resonate right through me and caught my attention. In the distance was a small white object approaching off our stern which seemed to be the source of this strange hum. It was difficult to judge at first as the rough seas seemed to distort my view and perspective as we rolled to the ocean's rhythm. It was a boat though and it was big and moving fast.

As it got within range of full comprehension, this titan was truly a spectacle to observe. The low hum had by now grown into a thunderous moan in full defiance of anything with a mind to try and stop it. The gleam of its white hull shimmering in the sunlight as it smashed through the walls of waves sent out in a challenge seemingly by Poseidon himself. Accepting this challenge with a calm resolve, the visitor just plowed forward with an effortless ease, leaving only curtains of mist to rain on its churning wake of waves now broken.

Yea, you could say the Hammer was Down.

Contact:
Marc Winnat
P.O. Box 1121
Merrimack, NH 03054
grizz@lycos.com

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