Even when at Art School in the early sixties, I longed to be at the sea's edge. My degree work then was of figures in big surf. Even now I've embarked on a series of work 'water' for exhibiting in 2008. rather like the Japanese masters who made life-long studies of the elements such as Fire, Air, Wind.
I'll be observing light on and in water, it's surface tension, it's movements; gentle ripples, to forceful surges, carried on a wind, falling from a rock.
I really love the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy; the ruins of the once-busy quarry, the wonderful green blue of its water, well-trod steps over rocks that once kept the sea out. Another such place I love where man has left his mark, is Progo, nr St Just, Cornwall. There are mine-shafts about on the cliffs, and one bit of cliff is reinforced with stonewalling. There used to be a golden granite arch, now fallen.There is such an organic quality to these places, worn by seas, wind and by man.

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'Land meets sea'

'Progo'

Larchwood'

'Into the pool corner'

'Shadow ring pool'

'The Big Wave'