{"id":1012,"date":"2016-11-17T14:51:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-comma-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=portfolio&p=1012"},"modified":"2016-11-28T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:03:46","slug":"john-tunnard-flight","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/comma.english.ucsb.edu\/?portfolio=john-tunnard-flight","title":{"rendered":"Tunnard — Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This painting by John Tunnard was created a year before the end of WWII. Though Tunnard opposed the war, he worked as a fisherman for a short time before volunteering to support the coastguard during the war. The shapes in this painting appear to show a ship–the white scribbles look like masts. This painting was perhaps the result of his experience during the war. Aside from being a painter Tunnard was a jazz drummer. He was inspired by the rhythm of the music, which he incorporated visually into his paintings. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

\u201cTill, with a roar of wings that churned<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The shivering shoals to foam,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Flight after flight took air and turned –<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To find a safer home;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

And far below their steadfast wedge,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

They heard (and hastened on)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Men thresh and clamour through the sedge<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Aghast that they were gone!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

-Rudyard Kipling, Flight<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n