• Mensun Bound and the ghost of Shackleton stand before the Agulhas II, marking the Endurance wreck's discovery.
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Gallery Midnight

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by Johny Midnight

Mensun Bound stands on the ice beside the ghost of Shackleton, the red hull of the Agulhas II rising behind them, as a submersible far below relays the first photographs of the Endurance at rest on the Weddell Sea floor.

Original for sale £20,000 | contact gallery

Limited edition fine art prints, hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Once the edition is sold out, it will not be reproduced.

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  • Artwork Description

    Two figures hold the foreground against a charcoal-grey expanse of ice, rendered almost in monochrome but for a flash of colour in the jacket at Mensun Bound's shoulder and the deep red bulk of the icebreaker looming behind. The ice beneath their feet carries pencilled coordinates - 68°42'21"S, 52°19'41"W - marking the wreck's exact position below. The palette stays cold and restrained, the red hull the single warm note in an otherwise wintry field, and the two figures - one living, one long dead - stand close enough to suggest quiet conversation.

  • Artist's Insight

    I've wanted to paint this moment since Mensun's search began. Ten years looking for a ship at the bottom of the world - I wanted the painting to hold both the science and the strangeness of it, a submersible sending back photographs while, on the ice above, an old ghost waits with an answer already known. Putting Shackleton beside Mensun wasn't about drama. It felt true. Nobody else in that search party could have understood what it meant to finally find her the way those two would - one living, one watching from wherever the dead go to wait.

Original Artwork Information

Artwork year created: 2025

Original artwork size: 60 x 75

Original artwork medium: Oil on canvas

Original artwork status: Available for sale - £20,000

Print Details

Gallery Midnight limited edition fine art prints are available in A2 and A3 sizes. Edition sizes vary depending on the artwork.

Edition Details

  • A3 Limited Edition of 100
  • A2 Limited Edition of 100
  • Printed on archival matt fine art paper
  • Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
  • Certificate of authenticity included

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Original paintings are typically presented on stretched canvas and do not require framing.

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Johny Midnight, artist and founder of Gallery Midnight, Balham, Londo

About the Artist

Johny is a painter and founder of Gallery Midnight in Balham. His work is often described as “abstract on reality”, capturing familiar landscapes, seascapes and city scenes with expressive colour and movement. Influenced by a life spent between London, the Alps and the Caribbean, his paintings explore changing light, atmosphere and energy, inviting viewers to see well-known places in new and unexpected ways.

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