Karen Barbouttis works on antiquarian nautical maps, bringing them to life with exquisitely detailed pencil drawings of endangered animals pertaining to the area. Many residents of the Woollahra Municipality would be familiar with the large anchor at The Gap, Watsons Bay, a memorial to the unidentified victims of the wreck of the ship the Dunbar. With a loss of 121 passengers and crew on the evening of 20th of August,1857. The vessel was owned by Duncan Dunbar. Michael Rhodes, a relative of the Dunbar family, discovered and gifted a treasure trove of maritime maps dating from the early 1800’s, used by the Dunbar captains. Some of the maps were offered to the artist for the purpose of giving them an extended life as artwork. These maps are original, the paper fragile, complete with captains’ plots and markings.