I painted this after a visit to the seaside earlier this year. There is nothing quite like the taste of seasalt on your lips and the breeze in your hair. I was trying to capture the play of the sunlight on the water and the rippling of the waves. The sea always seems to have a dramatic almost split personality , begulingly calm and then tempestous, as well as playful. This is the first image there are I think 6 or 7 more. It was a challenge to try and paint the sea and sand rather than my more usual subjects, but the blue tones spoke to me of the sea.
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