Creative Process

The work has a foundation in the concept of time and how a walk in nature can change us.

During my walks
on the beach

I feel ...

The energy of it
The beauty of it
The expanse of it
The changes over time
The colour of it
The depth of it
The embrace of it

How my connection to nature

changes from my first step on the sand…

Beginning

I am not calm,
thoughts running wild…
but the ocean is calm.

Middle

I am calmer…
but the ocean is wild as the waves
crash on the headland.

large wave hitting rocks with spray into the air

End

Both are calm

calm beach scene with flat ocean and beautiful sunset at Suffolk beach Byron

During my walk I notice the different viewpoints of the landform... first from a distance… then in detail… and then within.

I absorb the fleeting lines on the sand made by the waves, the patterns of bubbles before they disappear, the affect the waves make on a rock or a shell and the sand that surrounds them and the deep rhythm of the ocean... all with constant change.

This is what I bring to the work.

17:35

Acrylic on Canvas | 150x150cm