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3. 30187, 48”X48” 4. 30188, 48”X48” VESSEL . A painting from Kenneth Torrance exploring our fundamental connection with water. Like all life on earth we are dependant on water. Our physical relationship with water has been bridged by vessels; whether cupped hands, bowls, jugs and cups. These conveyers of nourishment are some of our most ancient archeological finds. are some of our most ancient archeological finds. Terracotta as a material has washed up on the shores of countries for thousands of years. It has been fired and filled throughout time. This series represents and repeats these ancient terracotta forms in groupings and stacks creating an anthropomorphic jumble. Water is life.