the first painting from the new workshop-a bird in the road

sheerwater skull and seaweed chalk on paper 50x35cm

A few hours of close exploration of the things we found at the beach on Wednesday.

Teasing out the intricacies is deeply satisfying

Now back to the housework

todays painting; acrylic on canvas

I found the toy boat in the shed. Dusty and incomplete

He made it for his eldest son

Drowned at 7

He was across the bay playing with his friend at the apple orchid

Nobody knew what happened

They found him at Flax Island