From sketch to final artwork: Henry Pearson, whose story is told in Winchester Cathedral's Ocean Commotion family trail. Pearson is remembered in the cathedral for safely steering HMS Calliope out of a devastating hurricane in Samoa in 1889, in which over 150 people lost their lives. The Navigating Officer worked in virtually zero visibility and winds reaching over 100 miles per hour, and he was wearing his pyjamas at the time! It was good to sketch the movement in this drawing. I am glad Pearson and his shipmates are remembered. The Ocean Commotion trail will run at Winchester Cathedral until February 26th.





