This was the subject of my second ever post. It is a view of part of our pier at Southport. As the beach faces in a westerly direction you can get some great sunsets like this one.
With our pop up gallery suddenly and unexpectedly being given a months extension and a planned solo show looming at my framers I am in need of more paintings of local interest. This view is an image I have had for a while and I thought that it might make a popular subject. I love mixing the colours on the paper for the reflections and then tempering them with dry-brush darks. The only issue I had were the supports under the pier which always seem to look awkward.
The painting above followed my image, but I wondered whether I could display the painting at both venues and so set about doing a second version.
This time I thought that I would introduce the sun as it dipped towards the horizon and introduced the resulting reflections off the wet sand.
You can but try – they made for some satisfying painting, without too much detail -I’m just hoping that I have enough frames left for both exhibitions.
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Interesting painting of the pier. Wow, you really captured the sense of the tide being out, and the weeds and muck in the foreground. These kinds of silhouette paintings are tough. I think you captured this well.
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Thanks Shawn. It is an old joke here, that the tide is always out at Southport. Rarely does it come in – though in future years this may change.
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They are both stunning but my preference is for the sun in the sky in the second one. I can almost feel the warmth and the glare of that setting sun. Much needed warmth needed here today as we had snow then freezing rain and now, just rain. Cheers Graham.
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Thanks Louise, glad you like them.
Sounds like things are getting warmer if you’re moving from snow to rain – though in your neck of the woods, I guess your just at the start of things.
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