DutchmanCrew member, a somber, cinematic close-up portrait of a pirate whose face is almost entirely replaced by a cluster of white goose barnacles and swaying, stinging anemones. Two piercing, pale milky eyes stare out from the calcified growth. He is cradling a fiddle made of polished turtle shell and whalebone, with strings crafted from dried kelp. He wears a heavily decayed, velvet captain’s waistcoat in faded burgundy. The atmosphere is thick with a dark blue, underwater haze, with tiny floating particles and air bubbles, creating a dreamlike and eerie mood.
