Oil on cradled panel.
”A woman strides from the sea, her limbs catching sun and shadow. The moment holds the effort of movement and the joy of cold water. She emerges both strong and vulnerable - fully present in her physicality.”
Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm.
About the artist:
These oil paintings reflect fleeting moments observed on Hove Beach during the lockdown years. Drawn to the quiet resilience and ordinariness of people seeking solace by the sea, I captured figures as they stood, sat, entered or emerged from the water - each absorbed in their own world. There's a stillness to these scenes, a kind of suspended time where gesture, light , and reflection replace conversation. For many, the beach became a stage for solitude, small rituals, and understood connection. Working from memory and sketches, I focused on posture and pattern, letting the figures merge gently with sea and sky. This series explores our relationship with the natural world and with each other when routines fell away and being outside became both escape and necessity. The everyday becomes quietly monumental - sun on a shoulder, a hand in cold water, a pause before swimming. These are portraits not of individuals, but of shared experience and fleeting presence.