I made a painting inspired by these quotes but I'm still thinking about them, how James Fitzjames wanted to be seen but actually lived behind masks and how Francis Crozier was the only person who knew who James Fitzjames really was at the end. So it makes for an interesting contradiction that Francis says make him invisible, a part of the landscape about a man who strived to be noticed. But of course it is because he listened to his story and accepted him as he is and not because he was ashamed of James, he wanted to protect him even after death.

















