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Bandstand and West Pier Sky Blue Print description This print captures two much-loved landmarks along the Brighton and Hove promenade: the Palace Pier and the West Pier. The Brighton Bandstand, built in 1884, is known for its ornate Victorian ironwork and elegant circular form. Often called the “Birdcage,” it sits on the seafront overlooking the … Read more
Steps Down to the West Pier Sky Bkue Print description I love how history and architectural languages overlap in a cityscape. Oddly enough, I’ve come to appreciate the simplicity of the i360 base—though it’s a shame it isn’t a modern art museum or some kind of foundation. Above it, a Victorian kiosk from the West … Read more
Ii360 Palace Pier Bandstand and West Pier Sky Blue Print description View of the Brighton Promenade and some of the seafront iconic landmarks such as the I360, the Palace and West Piers and the Victorian Bandstand. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. … Read more
Brighton Seafront Steps Down to West Pier Sky Blue Print description Turquoise railings line the seafront, their ornate panels of dolphins and shields catching the light like something out of a fairytale. The colour feels almost too bright to be real—somewhere between sea-glass and sky—glowing against the soft cream of the paving stones. Steps lead … Read more
Steps Down to Brighton and Hove Seafront and West Pier Print description I love how history and architectural languages overlap in a cityscape. Oddly enough, I’ve come to appreciate the simplicity of the i360 base—though it’s a shame it isn’t a modern art museum or some kind of foundation. Above it, a Victorian kiosk from … Read more
West Pier Icon Blue Print description To celebrate the 2024-25 new open call exhibition by the West Pier Trust at the West Pier centre, I was approached to create a commemorative image for the exhibition titled ‘The West Pier: Icon 2’. Print details I created this print from my original ink drawings to which I … Read more
Paper Toy Theatre West Pier Brighton by the Sea description Imagine a day in Brighton by the sea, where a leisurely stroll along the promenade unveils the city’s vibrant charm. Picture the iconic remains of the West Pier standing as silent witnesses to the passage of time, while colourful characters add to the lively scene.You … Read more
Cold Water Swimming at Low tide by the West Pier Brighton Print description Since Victorian times, cold water sea swimming has been embraced as an invigorating activity with numerous health properties and an addictive element to the sensational thrill of nearly icy temperatures. Better done in company of fellow swimmers for safety and camaraderie. These … Read more
Cycle at Low Tide by the West Pier Brighton Print description Sometimes, you have to be a bit mad and daring in a sweet and harmless way, just like these two characters in my design. At low tide, with the sandbanks exposed, they decided to cycle in the sand. The perfect, still water reflects, like … Read more
West Pier Willow Pattern, Swimmer, Kiosk and Cormorant Print description This print is fun piece I have designed for the West Pier Trust where I am the artist in residence. The Design is originally for a tea towel and the concept is of a view of the remains of the West Pier, a diving swimmer, … Read more
West Pier Willow Pattern Print description This print is fun piece I have designed for the West Pier Trust where I am the artist in residence. The Design is originally for a tea towel and the concept is of a transfer of a view of the West Pier into a ceramic platter with the surround … Read more
West Pier Willow Pattern In Autumn 2023 I created a design for the West Pier Trust in Brighton. Please read below the official presentation article issued by the West Pier Trust the 30th of November 2023. West Pier Trust presentation of design West Pier Willow Pattern Article by Nick Szczepanik. The tea towel is an … Read more
‘Golden Spiral Starlings West Pier Pebble Beach’ Print description Starlings resting on the columns of the Golden Spiral by the remains of the West Pier in Brighton. The ‘Golden Spiral’ otherwise known as the Fibonacci spiral as the ideal expression of harmony found in architecture, art and design. Print details Digital pigment print from original … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants Song Blue’ Print description This art print depicts a section of the remains of the West Pier with cormorants on it. Cormorants live on the West Pier, you can easily recognise them by their long necks and unique profiles when they open their wings to the sun to dry them. This behaviour responds … Read more
‘Brighton’s West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Song’ Print description This art print depicts the remains of Brighton’s West Pier. It was the first leisure pier to be built in Brighton in 1886. Cormorants have made the West Pier their home, hence you can spot some in my print. And in the horizon the Rampion Wind … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants Song’ Print description This art print depicts a section of the remains of the West Pier with cormorants on it. Cormorants live on the West Pier, you can easily recognise them by their long necks and unique profiles when they open their wings to the sun to dry them. This behaviour responds to … Read more
‘West Pier Rampion Wind Song’ Print description The remains of the West pier and the Rampion Wind Farm bathed in the perfect evening light. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed on … Read more
‘West Pier Song Blue’ Print description This art print depicts the remains of Brighton’s West Pier. It was the first leisure pier to be built in Brighton in 1886. Cormorants have made the West Pier their home, hence you can spot some in my print. And in the horizon the Rampion Wind Farm makes its … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants Gesso’ Print description This art print depicts a section of the remains of the West Pier with cormorants on it. Cormorants live on the West Pier, you can easily recognise them by their long necks and unique profiles when they open their wings to the sun to dry them. This behaviour responds to … Read more
‘West Pier Gesso’ Print description This art print depicts the remains of Brighton’s West Pier. It was the first leisure pier to be built in Brighton in 1886. Cormorants have made the West Pier their home, hence you can spot some in my print. And in the horizon the Rampion Wind Farm makes its appearance … Read more
‘Brighton Bandstand Verandah West Pier View Ocean Blue’ Print description A seascape view from the verandas of Brighton Bandstand looking out to the West Pier and sailing boats. 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 … Read more
‘Brighton Bandstand Verandah West Pier Song’ Print description View of the two most iconic Victorian structures along Brighton Seafront. A depiction with strong block colours in blue, red and 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 … Read more
‘West Pier Starling Song Antique Ochre and Blue’ Print description Starlings on the remains of Brighton West pier on a late spring day . Every winter starlings come to roost protected by the structural construction of the West Pier attracting lots of visitors and bird lovers. Print details Digital pigment print from original ink drawings. … Read more
‘Starling Murmuration over the West Pier at Brighton Beach’ Print description Starlings flying over shore and the West pier on a late spring day with Brighton Palace Pier in the horizon . Every winter starlings come to roost under the deck of the Pier attracting lots of visitors and bird lovers. Print details Digital pigment … Read more
‘Golden Spiral Starlings West Pier’ Print description Starlings resting on the columns of the Golden Spiral by the remains of the West Pier in Brighton. 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. … Read more
Seaside Art Studio Greenhouse 2022 This spring from 1st April to 4th July at West Pier Centre and for Brighton Artist Open Houses festival in May I have gathered the members of the art cooperative I have belonged to since 2017, Studio Greenhouse, to put together a show with the West Pier Trust at the … Read more
‘Brighton West Pier and Rampion Wind Farm Antique Ochre and Blue.’ Print description This art print depicts the remains of Brighton West pier and on the horizon the Rampion Wind Farm. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. From original ink drawing to … Read more
‘Brighton’s West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Gold Sea’ Print description This art print depicts the remains of Brighton’s West Pier. It was the first leisure pier to be built in Brighton in 1886. Cormorants have made the West Pier their home, hence you can spot some in my print. And in the horizon the Rampion … Read more
In September 2023 Jackie Marsh-Hobbs, a historian expert in Brighton Seaside and the West Pier subjects, was putting together a a talk titled ‘Moments of the West Pier Captured in Art’. For which I was asked to provide and describe some of my prints that depicts the West Pier. West Pier Rampion Flowers and Wind … Read more
Artist Residency Starting in April 2020 The West Pier Trust nominated me as their Artist in Residence. A brand new position within the West Pier Trust. With it the West Pier Trust strengthens its cultural offer in the contemporary art scene. West Pier Trust The West Pier Trust, created in 1978, is a charity and … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants Antique Ochre and Blue’ Print description This art print depicts a section of the remains of the West Pier with cormorants on it. Cormorants live on the West Pier, you can easily recognise them by their long necks and unique profiles when they open their wings to the sun to dry them. This … Read more
‘Two Swimmers by the West Pier.’ Print description The subject I have chosen for this print are no ordinary swimmers, in fact they are very special, as they are characters from Ancient Egypt. Their meeting place is one of Brighton’s favourite spots, the beach by the West Pier. Print details I created this print from … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants Antique Grey Silver’ Print description This art print depicts a section of the remains of the West Pier with cormorants, which can be easily recognise by their long necks and unique profiles when they open their wings to the sun to dry them. This behaviour responds to the need to care for and … Read more
‘I360, Palace Pier, The Bandstand and West Pier Pebble Beach’ Print description View of the Brighton Promenade and some of the seafront iconic landmarks such as the I360, the Palace and West Piers and the Victorian Bandstand. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of … Read more
‘I360, Palace Pier, The Bandstand and West Pier Ocean Blue’. Print description View of the Brighton Promenade. Including iconic landmarks such us the I360, the Palace and West Piers and the Victorian Bandstand. Created December 2019. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. … Read more
‘West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Eventide’ Print description The remains of the West Pier and the Rampion Wind Farm bathed in the perfect evening light. Print details Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed … Read more
‘West Pier Brighton Night Sea.’ Print description This print captures with detail the steel structure of the iconic remains of Brighton’s West Pier at night, rising above the waves. This night scene depicts the once a vibrant symbol of the seaside that now stands as a stark yet majestic monument, weathered by time and the … Read more
‘West Pier Cormorants.’ Print details I create this print from original ink drawings to which I apply colour digitally. It is printed on fine art paper using archival inks. I issue the formats A0, A1 & A2 as limited editions of 100 where I individually sign and number each print. The smaller formats A3 and … Read more
‘A Sea Swim by the West Pier’ Print description This print shows a bather striping of his shirt in preparation for a sea swim. This design talks about the enjoyment of the small domestic rituals that comprises the act of sea swimming. I am a passionate sea swimmer, one of the aspects I love about … Read more
‘The Diving Cormorant under the West Pier.’ Print description This art print depicts a diving cormorant swimming under water surrounded by the columns of the West Pier in Brighton. Print details I created this print from my original ink drawings to which I apply colour digitally and then print on fine art paper using archival … Read more
The Cormorant and the West Pier This print shows a cormorant resting on one of the iron wrought columns of he West Pier in Brighton by one of the kiosks that stood on the deck of this pier. I created this print from my original collagraph print to which I apply colour digitally and then … Read more
‘Dolphins of Brighton West Pier.’ Print details I create this print from my original ink drawings to which I apply colour digitally. It is printed on fine art paper using archival inks. I issue the formats A0, A1 & A2 as limited editions of 100 where I individually sign and number each print. The smaller … Read more
‘West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Rusted Irons’ Print description This print depicts the remains of the West Pier. With the industrial revolution and the advance of the technologies the Victorian championed the promotion of well being. Leisure piers were built across the UK to welcome all segments of society. The West Pier was described as … Read more
West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Silver Grey Print description This print depicts the remains of the West Pier. With the industrial revolution and the advance of the technologies the Victorian championed the promotion of well being. Leisure piers were built across the UK to welcome all segments of society. The West Pier was described as … Read more
This set of five cards showcases the very much-loved remains of the Victorian West Pier seen from the promenade by the beach shelters and the quintessential green painted wrought iron balustrades and streetlights; at night with a stormy sea; a close up of the bent iron structure with cormorants drying their wings in the sun … Read more
‘West Pier Rainbow. 2020 Rainbow Fund Edition Print.’ From a limited edition of 250, the print is signed and numbered. £35 postage included. With every sale of the print I will donate £5 to the Rainbow Fund. Art print on art paper using archival inks. Created from my original ink drawings to which I apply … Read more
‘West Pier irons.’ Print details From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. This print is available in the following format: A4 size landscape 29.7 x 21 cm (11.7 x 8.3 in). Open edition signed print.
‘Rainbow over the West Pier Brighton.’ Print details From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. This print is available in the following format: A4 size landscape 29.7 x 21 cm (11.7 x 8.3 in). Open edition signed print.
‘Dolphins of Brighton West Pier Midnight Sea.’ Print details From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. This print is available in the following formats: A1 size portrait 59.4 x 84.1 cm (23.4 x 33.1 in) Large. From a limited edition of 100, the print is … Read more
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, … Read more
Bandstand and Palace Pier Sky Blue Print description This print captures two much-loved landmarks along the Brighton and Hove promenade: the Palace Pier and the Bandstand. The Brighton Bandstand, built in 1884, is known for its ornate Victorian ironwork and elegant circular form. Often called the “Birdcage,” it sits on the seafront overlooking the beach. … Read more
Seafront a Walk to Brighton Palace Pier Sky Blue Print description Brighton and Hove in a formal scene that conveys playfulness and leisure. Brighton Seafront as an idealised classical representation. I have portrayed in this design representative of Brighton seafront a Chinoiserie style street light, a pair of mythological dolphins as they appear on Brighton’s … Read more
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, … Read more
Brighton Seafront a Walk to the Palace Pier Antique Ochre and Blue Print description Brighton and Hove in a formal scene that conveys playfulness and leisure. Brighton Seafront as an idealised classical representation. I have portrayed in this design representative of Brighton seafront a Chinoiserie style street light, a pair of mythological dolphins as they … Read more
Eastbourne Beach Bandstand and Pier from the Wish Tower Print description This Eastbourne print shows a panorama of the promenade of this loved East Sussex seaside town. From the top of the Martello Tower the view reaches as far as Bexhill on Sea and beyond. Print details Digital pigment print from original ink drawings. Printed … Read more
Artists Open Houses Festival Every May, Brighton is buzzing with art and events, including the Artists Open Houses. Since 2012, I have participated in this very important art festival. It is the time of the year to showcase new work, enjoy what the city has to offer and make new friends along the way. Alej … Read more
Starling Love Brighton Palace Pier Print description View of Brighton Seafront from the deck of the Palace Pier where a crowd of people have gathered just before sunset to watch the starling murmuration. Print details Bird Lover I first presented this captivating print on the enchanting date of February 14, 2024, Valentine’s Day. For this … Read more
Palace Pier Lights Starling Murmuration Print description Memory of an evocative and dreamy evening sunset view of Brighton Seafront from the deck of the iconic Palace Pier deck. In the sky a murmuration of starlings fly joyfully before they roost for the night among the iron wrought structure of this historic Victorian construction. Near the … Read more
Palace Pier Starling Song Print description 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. Every winter starlings … Read more
‘Starlings Flying over Brighton Palace Pier’ Print description 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. Every … Read more