A Winter Walk along Brighton Beach

Print description

View of Brighton beach from Hove with a figure balancing on the timber groynes.

Print details

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

Brighton Beach

Early this year I started creating portraits in the landscape, this one is of my partner . I love creating a portrait where the figure is in motion. Our postures, how we move, our expressions, are gestures that define ourselves. Often you can recognise a friend in the distance because you recognise how that friend walks.   This art print shows a figure balancing on the groynes. Unaware of the landscape, he looks down in a pensive manner. In the distance are the remains of the West Pier, The Brighton Palace Pier and the Beachy Head with the lighthouse Belle Tout on top, which can only be seen on the occasional clear day.

Beach Art

This print belongs to the series of prints I have created under the name ‘Beach Art’. This series celebrates people happily spending their leisure time at the beach. Swimmers, divers, paddleboarders and the occasional  tight-rope walker. Shimmering seas and bright sunny skies bathe with light these characters.

With a hint of nostalgia, these designs have my distinctive style and pay homage to the works of artists such as Robert Tavener and the New Romantic British artists John Minton and Keith Vaughan.   The West Pier appears in all the prints in the series. I created this series in April 2021 to mark the start of my art residency with the West Pier Trust.