Nick Potter : Evening Shelter
Lighthouses and the Sea
Beacons of safety, shining in the night, alerting sailors to dangers at sea, lighthouses have been part of the coastal landscape for thousands of years, and have been called �constellations of the sea �. Coloured beams of light flashing over the sea by night. As darkness falls, the dance of the lighthouse begins.
Lighthouses serve three purposes. They show a vessel where the coastline or harbour is, help it decide in which direction to steer and warn of hidden dangers. With GPS navigation systems, lighthouses may seem to be redundant, however most lighthouses, even ones in private hands, still flash out their signals to passing shipping. The legend and romance surrounding lighthouses goes on.
As I have previously said I love wild places and to me the sea is the ultimate wilderness. The lighthouse paintings and the harbour paintings are a result of my love of everything coastal. I naturally gravitate to these places whenever the opportunity arises, no matter how remote. I feel these subjects are a natural extension to my previous work. They still depict the balance between the influence of man and the powers of nature. When it comes to the sea, nature wins every time.
Evening Shelter
Fishing boats are moored for the night, in the shelter of the old harbour. Seagulls screech in the late evening sunshine, which bathes the old stone walls of the jumble of harbour buildings.
If you like this, then you may like these...
.jpg&width=120&height=120 "Linda Charles : Sweet Harmony")
