Winter 2021 Seascape - 4 “After Eunice 1” - Acrylics on Canvas

The forth of a series of 6 paintings of the Sussex seascape as seen at East Beach Studios.

Painted during February 2022, during Storm Eunice (Saturday 19th). The wind was blowing at about 40-50mph, very few people were about on the seafront. I closed the doors of the studio and spent some time on the beach making charcoal, pencil and white paint sketches of the views, feeling the wind and the rain on my skin and tools. Only once I felt connected to the sensations and sodden through did I return to the studio to reproduce the way I felt and the energy of the storm.

Working very quickly in acrylics, mimicking the processes I use on smaller works when working outside, I used as much energy as possible with vigorous gestural marks. I stopped as soon as the painted felt right, saying what I wanted to about how the storm felt to me on the beach.

Size : 50cm x 60cm

Surface: Italian Linen Canvas

Medium: Acrylic

Original Painting Only..

Presented in a black contemporary “tray” frame