Harbour Lights fighters I wanted to capture the

I wanted to capture the lazy tranquillity of the water and the ghostly creatures which live in those alien depths

I wanted an expanse of red flowers set against summer blue skies

The flowers speak of emotion

acrylic and ink on canvas

The briar bush was a mass of scribbled branches around the top with vertical stalks of grass and vines around the base

Harbour Lights fighters I wanted to capture theInspired by quay side lights reflecting in sea water. In Harbour lights I wanted to create an abstract painting which was full of the movement of water and the rippled lights of the buildings surrounding it. I had been taking an evening stroll around the harbour when the play of light dancing in the water struck me as a beautiful painting in its own right without the boats, without the people, simply the water and the lights and the gentle movement. I