Ever Changing Coastline of Britain
Many places along Britains coast are awash with the remains of submerged forests, shipwrecks, caves, cliffs, and saltmarsh returned again to open water. The romance of lost tracts of land that over time have shifted back again to sea tell many stories.
Living along the north Norfolk coast, I resonate with the ever changing coastline. In the minds of man the sea and land seemingly exist as opposites, yet around the edges everything changes every six hours. The coast is vulnerable and fragile.
My painterly work weaves in written words with layers of jewel-toned colours and reflects upon the impermanence of life and the powerful forces of nature. I paint the cultural imprint history leaves on the landscape, echoing the sound of ancient footsteps from centuries ago, of fishermen collecting cockles in the creeks, of farmers bringing in the harvest.
To Have Loved the Way it All Happened in the Empty Twilight 2020
Acrylic mixed media, Poppit Sands Beach Pembrokshire Wales
61cm x 20cm
As If You Were On Fire From Within 2020
Acrylic mixed media, Moon over the Saltmarsh in Wells Norfolk England
61cm x 20cm
Tide Waters Reflecting off the Marsh 2020
Acrylic mixed media, Orfordness Marshes Suffolk
61cm x 20cm
Crossing the Marshes as the Wind Offers up Her Mystery 2020
Acrylic mixed media,Coast across from Scolt Head Norfolk
61cm x 20cm
Deep Underwater Sea Covered Sea 2020
Acrylic mixed media, Orfordness Marshes, Suffolk
61cm x 20cm
Each Moment Washes Ashore
The crash of water on rock are like days that crash into night crashing into day; unceasing
Acrylic mixed media, Lands End, Cornwall
61cm x 20cm 2019
Beguiling Summer Expansive & Generous
Imperceptible wind touches the face of sails that move effortlessly through the landscape
Acrylic mixed media, Alderton, Suffolk
61cm x 20cm. 2019
Wave Surge Changes Everything
The Beach made of sea shells pounded into smitherines by the sea over millions of years
Acrylic mixed media, Porthcurno, Cornwall
61cm x 20cm 2019
Full Moon and Big Tides
Swift weather done the goddess held her sway
Acrylic mixed media, Stiffkey, Norfolk
61cm x 20cm 2019
Satisfied with Stillness and Sound
The summer storms are quite spectacular, the turquoise water and me
Acrylic mixed media, Sennen Beach, Cornwall
61cm x 20cm. 2019
Waiting for Rain
Barley dancing around trees
Acrylic mixed media, Binham, Norfolk
61cm x 20cm. 2019
In a Field, I am the Absence of Field
Bands of colour awash with late summer heat
Acrylic mixed media, Holt, Norfolk
61cm x 20cm. 2019
Suffolk Rivers with White Sails Cutting to the Sea
Sunlight reflects upon the horizon flashes of brilliant white
Acrylic mixed media, Bawdsy, Suffolk
61cm x 20cm. 2019
