THE BLUE SEA was only painted blue on one side ...primarily because they ran out of paint and the call to war did not allow for time to reorder. Often mocked by the other fleet captains vessels for the half done job her advanced sonar proved to be beneficial in the war effort and was responsible for the temporary ceasefire of 1944.,

Oddment artist K MacLean creates sculptural works using oceanwood, wire, clock mechanisms, industrial surplus, and found objects that are interpretations of WW2 warships fused with fantastic vessels reminiscent of those imagined by Jules Verne. Due to the nature of working with found objects all are the only one of it’s kind once sold I can’t make another exactly the same.

The sculptures from “Zeebooten” were inspired while hiking numerous Nova Scotia beaches in search of ocean tumbled objects and encountering abandoned bunkers outside of Halifax and along the South Shore.