Cycle to Adelaide Crescent Brighton and Hove Seafront Sky Blue

Print description

A pale turquoise bicycle leans dreamily against the warm sandstone balustrade, its frame glowing gently in the coastal light. The sea behind it stretches like silk—calm, endless, whispering. You can almost hear the hush of pebbles, the creak of the chain, the hush-hush of waves pulling softly at the shore.

Out on the horizon, the remains of the West Pier floats in the stillness—delicate and skeletal, like a memory refusing to fade. To its left, the Palace Pier gleams faintly and cheerful. The two piers—one broken, one whole—hold the space between them like a slow unfolding of time.

Above, the clouds drift in lazy curls across a sky painted in lullaby blue. Below, the balustrade cradles the moment, its soft golden tones grounding the dream. There’s a rhythm to it all—a poetic beat between what endures and what disappears, between stone and sea, solitude and presence.

This is Brighton as an invitation to stand still, to lean your bike, and to simply feel the weightlessness of a perfect, fleeting moment.

Print details

I create this print from my original ink drawings and apply colour digitally. I print them on fine art paper using archival inks. I issue formats A0, A1, A2, A3, and A4 as limited editions of 100, and I individually sign and number each print.

Brighton West Pier

The industrial revolution brought social and technological advances. Among these, the Victorian championed the promotion of wellbeing. For this reason, many seaside towns build leisure piers across the United Kingdom inviting all segments of society to enjoy the benefits of clean air and gentle exercise. The West Pier, possibly the most beautiful in Britain, stands today, sadly, as a bare and weathered wrought iron structure.

In 2019 I held an exhibition at the West Pier Centre where I showed my work. My interest in this charismatic structure is well documented in numerous prints where I have featured the remains of the West Pier.

Brighton seafront Hove Lawns

The area of grass stretching from the Brighton boundary to St John’s Road is known as Hove Lawns and is possibly one of the most remarkable swathes of turf in the UK. The 1830 Act laid down that no building should be erected south of Brunswick Terrace; the only items allowed were fencing and street lights. The Lawns were looked after first by the Brunswick Square Commissioners, then by the Hove Commissioners, followed by Hove Council and from 1997 by Brighton & Hove Council.