Stunned Mullet 2013
Oils on canvas
121.3x84.3 cm
Big Black Blue 2013
Oils on canvas
121.3x84.3 cm
Lost 2013
Oils on canvas
121.3x84.3 cm
Stunned Mullet II 2013
Oils on canvas
121.3x84.3 cm
Stay Close 2013
Oils on canvas
121.3x84.3 cm
Schooling 2013
Oils on canvas
104x64 cm
Stunned Mullet: Working Drawing 2013
Charcoal and acrylic on paper
56.5x38 cm
Major 2013
Charcoal and pastel on paper
76.6x56.7 cm
Stunned Mullet II: Working Drawing 2013
Charcoal and pastel on paper
55x37.5 cm
Lost: Working Drawing 2013
Charcoal and pastel on paper
55x37.5 cm
Stay Close: Working Drawing 2013
Charcoal on paper
50x35 cm

2013

PTSD: Post Traumatic Shoaling Disorder

Studies surrounding schooling and shoaling of fish have shown that fish removed from their large groups show increased respiratory rate than those within the school and has been associated with stress. This same stress is inherit of soldiers returning from conflict who find it difficult to re-adjust to a civilian lifestyle and often harbor feelings of survival-guilt, isolation and outbursts of anger;

“Some blokes have been to Afghanistan six, seven and eight times and when they return to Australia they feel like a fish out of water and can’t assimilate back into society.”
-Daniel Lane