The illustration I chose is “The Whale Who Lived on a Faraway Hill”

This piece was created by David Ouimet using Carbon Dust as the medium. Which is a way of using carbon dust that I was not even aware existed. However, the main reason why I chose this piece, is because of the sadness and sense of loneliness it evokes when you look at it. You can’t help but feel sad and distressed for the whale; so different and out of its natural environment. A feeling we can all relate to at some point in our lives.

This piece was commission by Asuka Shinshan, for a Japanese reprint of a children’s book called Daydreams for Night.