Waves with beach groin

12" x 10" oil on canvas board

This painting features a groin running out to sea on a beach. The beach is at Southbourne, on the suburbs of Bournemouth, Dorset. I took a number of photographs to use as reference of the waves and groin to refer to as I planned the painting. It was fun painting the different colours in the water and capturing the light working through the waves. The 'wetness' of the wood on the groin was something that I wanted to capture as well. The painting is done in oils, on a small 12" x 10" canvas board, in just under a day, during autumn 2014.

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