Paintings and Prints of the East Anglian Coast
Southwold across the sea On the Promenade near Primrose Alley in Southwold overlooking the beach huts beach and sea as dark shadows from a few clouds dance across the surface of the sea. The shadows are very organic in their form varying in shape and size. Lots of people swimming in the sea among the …
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Boat Propeller A sudden rain shower forced me into The Harbour Inn in Southwold, so here I have sketched a wooden boat propeller that is mounted on the wall above the woodburner. And just to keep me going a nice cold pint of Aspall cider. I assume that this was once part of one of …
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White-tailed Bumblebee We have these in my garden and I rescued this one from a cobweb. The White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) is a very common Bumblebee and occurs wherever there are flowers.
Straw Bales As summer starts to draw to a close the harvesters are busy and the straw is baled. The cylindrical bales have beautiful form compared to the rectangular counterparts. The problem is that as fast as they are baled the farmers come and take them away so I had to travel around until I …
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Jill Anne Dunwich I remember Jill Anne from about 30 years ago when she used to be on the beach at Dunwich fishing regularly with the small fleet of other wooden boats such as Dodger. Then as the boats ceased to fish from the beach she was moved to the Blackshore at Southwold harbour where …
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