HENRY KERR
Grandad
Oil on board
140 x 100cm
Painting this portrait was like having a conversation with my grandfather, John Seaton MBE Polar Medal, across the years. Beyond capturing a decorated pilot and explorer, this piece is about reconnecting with the man who built me a treehouse, taught me about history, and about the importance of leaving the world a little better than you found it.
John Alex Seaton served in Korea in the Royal Australian Air Force. He was involved in establishing airstrips in the Pacific and wintered in the Antarctic at Mawson Station in 1956 with the first RAAF crew to do so. Flying inland from Mawson, he discovered what was then thought to be the world’s biggest glacier, the Lambert Glacier. Seaton Glacier is named after him.
My grandad’s legacy is one of dedicated service to his country and to aviation. He was a skilled pilot, a decorated veteran and a successful businessman. His life was a testament to his passion for flying and dedication to service, but also to us, his family.
