Said Abd El Gawad

My third purchase from the DCAAPB poster series is 'Rousseau's Transmission' by Dan McCarthy. On seeing it for the first time I was immediately struck by the wonderful sense of scale, with the rolling mountains of The Island stretching skyward far above a small group of dazed and confused survivors of Oceanic 815. I also liked the muted beige colour scheme as displayed on the DCAAPB site, which I found visually appealing and which complemented the colours in my living room. Perhaps, thought I slyly, I would be able to sneak this one onto a living room wall without undue objection from the non-Losties in the family! Other first impressions included admiration for the accurate renderings of the perplexed survivors, and an overall feeling that this was one of the most beautiful works of art the series had produced to date. My only negative reaction was a slight distaste for the speech bubble near the bottom of the print which announces a portion of Rousseau's recorded ...