LOW TIDE AT THE ALT ESTUARY – PASTEL PAINTING

First, may I wish readers a merry Christmas even though I present this unseasonal image. It is the small tributary, the Alt, discharging into the Mersey estuary with the Wirral in the background and possibly a hint of the Welsh mountains beyond.

I just liked the snaking course of the river as it finds its way into the Mersey. The warm and the cool colours interlocking at low tide, with the sands exposed, providing refuge for seabirds.

The Alt is a popular summer mooring point for yachts and other pleasure vessels, which are stood to the right, concealed by the sand dunes and soft cliffs you see in the foreground.

A marine painting, as we ready ourselves to sail into another new year.

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