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  • Siennas and Grey Skies

    It was one of the highest tides of the year today, and with huge surf pounding the beaches, we took off to Millook to see all the local boys surfing at low tide. The day and sky was heavily leaden...

  • Spring in the air by the sea

    I could paint at 7.00 am today. A beautiful start to the day as I welcome the arrival of Spring. The birds have been singing for a few weeks, but I like to see the natural light lengthening each day....

  • Shimmery sea

    With stormy clouds coming in off the Atlantic, the glimpses of sunlight make the sea glisten in places. Although we think of the sea as blue, it was in fact a beautiful serene grey green with lighter aqua patches running...

  • My Latest Completed Painting

    Millook Beach My latest finished painting is of a small cove down the coast. Not a tourist hotspot because of its abundance of round bolders . It is a storm beach on the Atlantic coast of North Cornwall at the...

  • The Vagaries of the English Weather

    February’s weather can be unpredictable and today was no exception. When its windy as well, the weather can change in a matter of minutes. Today ………..after waking to an unexpected frost, it was blues skies all round. By lunchtime though,...

  • Welcome

    Over the coming months, I hope to post my views on life as an artist. I live, work and breathe art by the sea. The sea is my constant inspiration and I will put up works in progress and my...