Cycle to Brighton Palace Pier Sky Blue

Print description

This print, Cycle to Brighton Palace Pier, drifts somewhere between memory and dream. A soft sea breeze seems to hum through the spokes of the pink vintage bicycle, perfectly poised against the familiar turquoise railings of Brighton seafront. The bike’s pastel frame catching the morning sun, its presence both delicate and quietly romantic.

Beyond it, the Palace Pier rises like a fairytale mirage, sketched in candyfloss tones and nostalgic joy. You can almost hear the distant music from the helter-skelter, and smell the salt and sugar in the air. The sky is impossibly blue, scattered with painterly clouds that billow like soft whipped cream, echoing in the mirrored sea below.

The shadows fall gently across the promenade, grounding the scene in a warm late-summer stillness. Everything feels held—suspended in that perfect in-between moment before a ride, before a memory forms, when the world is nothing but sky, sea, and the promise of a slow, joyful journey.

Print details

Digital pigment print from original ink drawings. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. Available in sizes A0,A1, A2, A3 or A4 as limited editions of 100. Each print individually signed and numbered.

Brighton Palace Pier

The Brighton Palace Pier, commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier opened its gates in 1899, it was the third pier to be constructed in Brighton after the Royal Suspension Chain Pier and the West Pier, and is now the only one still in operation. 

The Palace Pier was constructed as a replacement for the Chain Pier, which collapsed in 1896 during construction. It quickly became popular, and had become a frequently-visited theatre and entertainment venue by 1911. Aside from closures owing to war, it continued to hold regular entertainment up to the 1970s. The theatre was damaged in 1973 and following a buy-out was demolished in 1986, changing the pier’s character from seaside entertainment to an amusement park, with various fairground rides and roller coasters.