Cormorant - September - October 2014

Certain images from I-Spy at the Seaside re-occur throughout the work - the Cormorant is one of these and acts as a vehicle to be reinterpreted.

Using photocopies have allowed me to alter the scale, but I've also wanted to explore other processes that would alter the nature and origin of these images.  Printmaking has been an ideal transition, from simple monoprints and press prints to drypoint. 

Coastal Responses 3

      Work made on my return home             

My initial response was to work back into the carousel book we began from the objects we collected - in a much looser manner

Later I worked back into the book  developing images from the photographs

Costal Responses 2

Seascale and Whitehaven

Seascale in contrast to Ravenglas was much more barren with wide vistas. Although I carried on collecting there I found it less inspiring

Whitehaven Harbour

This town offered so much variety and contrast 

The subtlety of the colour and simplicity of shapes 

This was an accident when taking a panoramic shot but it creates a lovely composition

Costal Responses 1

Ravenglass

I had not expected to visit the sea or that the different places would be so contrasting. I only knew  Ravenglass  for the miniature railway I remember being taken to long ago. A wide variety of seascape in quite a small area, offering surprising beachcombing potential.