The West Pier Trust
From September 2019 to January 2020 West Pier Center held and exhibition of my West Pier Prints in Brighton. The West Pier Trust is a charity committed to preserve and celebrate the history of the West Pier through education and conservation projects.
Early 2019 I contacted the West Pier Chief Executive, Rachel Clark, with a proposal for a show of my prints at the West Pier Centre. I have been depicting the West Pier in my prints since I started my art career. For this reason I could not conceal my excitement when The West Pier Trust accepted my proposal.
The West Pier Centre currently stocks my work. If you are in town please visit. You can find them next to the I360 Tower under the Kings Way arches.
The West Pier
The West Pier was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1866. It was constructed during a boom in pleasure pier building in the 1860s, and was designed to attract tourists to Brighton. It was the town’s second pier, joining the Royal Suspension Chain Pier that opened in 1823. In 1893 was extended, and a concert hall was added in 1916. It peaked popularity between 1918 and 1919 with 2 million visitors. But its popularity declined after World War II, and concerts were replaced by a funfair and tearoom.
The pier closed to the public in 1975 and fell into disrepair. It gradually collapsed during the early 21st century. Major sections collapsed during storms in late 2002, and two separate fires through arson in March and May 2003 destroyed most of the remaining structure, leading to English Heritage declaring it beyond repair. Some structured demolition took place in 2010 to make way for the i360 observation tower; further structural damage from storms has occurred since.
West Pier Prints
When you see it first a strong emotion of sadness might overcome you, but once you learn about the history you cannot but respect and admire this construction. It now stands like a contemporary art installation on the sea. Since I moved to Brighton I have depicted it in many prints and drawings. You can see a collection of my prints that depicts the West Pier.
West Pier Print Collection
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Brighton Seafront Steps Down to West Pier Sky Blue
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Cycle to Adelaide Crescent Brighton and Hove Seafront Sky Blue
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Sheltering from the Sun Brighton Seafront
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Steps Down to Brighton and Hove Seafront and West Pier
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West Pier Icon Blue
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Paper Toy Theatre West Pier Brighton by the Sea
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Cold Water Swimming at Low Tide by the West Pier Brighton
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Cycle at Low Tide by the West Pier Brighton
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West Pier Willow Pattern, Swimmer, Kiosk and Cormorant
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West Pier Willow Pattern
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Golden Spiral Starlings West Pier Pebble Beach
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West Pier Cormorants Song Blue
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Brighton’s West Pier and Rampion Wind Farm Song
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West Pier Cormorants Song
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West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Song
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West Pier Song Blue
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West Pier Cormorants Gesso
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West Pier Gesso
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A Cycle to Adelaide Crescent Brighton and Hove Seafront
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Brighton Bandstand Verandah West Pier View Ocean Blue
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Brighton Bandstand Verandah West Pier Song
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Starlight Starlings Brighton
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West Pier Starling Song Antique Ochre and Blue
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Starling Murmuration over the West Pier at Brighton Beach
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Golden Spiral Starlings West Pier
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Hove Brighton Beach Promenade Modernist
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Beach Hut Print. Brighton Seafront by Hove Plinth and Kings House Pebble Beach
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Wagtail birds by Hove Plinth at Brighton Seafront
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Beach Hut Art. Brighton Seafront by Hove Plinth and Kings House Antique Ochre and Blue
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Brighton West Pier and Rampion Wind Farm Antique Ochre and Blue
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Brighton’s West Pier and Rampion Wind Farm Gold Sea
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Hove Brighton Beach Promenade Antique Blue and Ochre
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West Pier Cormorants Antique Ochre and Blue
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Two Swimmers by the West Pier
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The Barbeque on Brighton Beach. The two Roberts
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West Pier Cormorants Grey Silver
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Hove Brighton Promenade Pebble Beach
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I360, Palace Pier, The Bandstand and West Pier Pebble Beach
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I360, Palace Pier, The Bandstand and West Pier Ocean Blue
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West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Eventide
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Hove Brighton Seafront Ocean Blue
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West Pier Brighton Night Sea
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West Pier Cormorants
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Paddleboarding on Brighton Beach
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A Sea Swim by the West Pier
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Diving into the Sea
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Winter Swim with a Woolly Hat
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The Bather and the Cormorant
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A Dance at the Brighton Bandstand
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The Diving Cormorant under the West Pier
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Hove Brighton Shore Silver
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The Starling at Pavilion Gardens
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The Cormorant and the West Pier
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The Tight-rope Walker and the Sea
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Dolphins of Brighton West Pier
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West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Rusted Irons
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West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Silver Grey
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Hove Lawns, Two Piers Emerald Skies
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West Pier irons
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Marine Parade Brighton Pier
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Indian Bicycle on the Promenade
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Hove Esplanade Two Piers Ocean Ocean Blue
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Dolphins of Brighton West Pier Midnight Sea
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