Desmond Woodforde
Duck, 2025
ink on paper
40 x 57 cm
65-25-7/7
This is the story of the duck. Ducks are clever — they know both land and water. They watch, listen, move quickly. I thought about that when I used the...
This is the story of the duck. Ducks are clever — they know both land and water. They watch,
listen, move quickly. I thought about that when I used the water to paint: spraying fast, splashing like wings lifting off.
The duck is always looking, always moving.
This work is about that movement, about watching and waiting, about knowing when to go and when to stay.
That’s their lesson — to live between worlds, balanced
listen, move quickly. I thought about that when I used the water to paint: spraying fast, splashing like wings lifting off.
The duck is always looking, always moving.
This work is about that movement, about watching and waiting, about knowing when to go and when to stay.
That’s their lesson — to live between worlds, balanced