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Lookout, Dymchurch

Posted by in | December 10, 2023
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Lookout Dymchuch oil 16″x12″ .. The WW One lookout Stands sentinel over Hythe Bay waiting for the enemy to show on the horizon, still faithful after a century of duty. Or was, during the building of the new sea wall, the structure was taken down and moved to storage somewhere, so I was told. Paul Nash  painted the building as “Nostalgic Landscape”. I think he got the title of the work so  right.

The Ferry Berth

Posted by in | December 7, 2023
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The Ferry Berth..oil.. 40″ X16″..Here we see the iron shuttering that was the berth for the channel ferry that took transport and munitions to Flanders during WW One. Now long abandoned to nature and a Seal colony, another part of the Pegwell bay landscape.

Looking North, Copt Point

Posted by in | December 7, 2023
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Looking North Copt Point. oil 24″x24″…The sea wall has ended here, kept back by the rocky foreshore. This is also where the London clay emerges from under the chalk onto the beach. A magnet for fossil hunters.

A Different Angle

Posted by in | December 7, 2023
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A Different Angle ..oil..20″x 20″.. again showing the North end of the take-off and landing ramp for Hovercraft. The big plus is the sea and sky. The angle of the ramp gives the work a dynamic foil against nature.

Sunburst from the Southwest

Posted by in | December 1, 2023
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Sunburst from the Southwest… A study in oil featuring the ever-changing sky as it bowls in from the southwest.

The Warren

Posted by in | December 1, 2023
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Looking North on a sunny afternoon, the heavy concrete sea defenses extend along the shoreline to Dover   size  30″x 30″

Sea grass in winter

Posted by in | March 2, 2023
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Oil on canvas 11″x8″ The sea grass and reedbeds take on their winter colours in the Autumn, and rich browns and ochre dominate the landscape.

The Big Mirror wall, Lydd, Dungeness

Posted by in | January 31, 2022
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The Big Mirror Wall, oil 30″x30″ l0caten at Lydd, Dungeness. Built early in the last century to enable the detection of enemy aircraft coming across the English Channel. The idea is that any sound is reflected to the centre of the wall where it is picked up on a microphone. It was partially successful but was superceded by the development of Radar.

Breaking Up

Posted by in | October 26, 2021
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A recent oil painting 16″x16″ Looking southwest where the concrete ends and the sea grass begins. The manmade stonework is now breaking up at the end of its fifty-year life.

Pegwell, North Coastline

Posted by in | September 17, 2021
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Pegwell, North Coastline oil 16″x12″ looking northeast towards Ramsgate, a seemingly quieter side of the bay, strictly for the birds. On a summer’s evening at low tide, it is not unusual to see several white Cattle Egrets feeding on the muddy sands.