Seashaken Houses collection_Royal Observatory Greenwich Evan McKay

Evan McKay

his crown and orb rest on richly ornate fabric and a fluted pillar in the left background

000 light years away from Earth

and along the bottom the known planets (to Neptune

during which his uncle and father-in-law

Seashaken Houses collection_Royal Observatory Greenwich Evan McKaySeashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of lighthouses and the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them. Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much nobler, conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all. Still today, we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships.