Yes, I am still sorting the Picture Gallery out; nevertheless today I thought I’d feature one of the oil paintings already on show there.
I painted Calm Sea, Renny Slip in July 2022. As is my preference, I was working on location – in this case, part way down the cliff (after very careful planning and preparations!). That is Skokholm Island across the sound.
Facing straight out into the Atlantic, Renny Slip is seldom this calm. The photo shows it late on in the afternoon of Storm Ophelia, 16th October 2017. Believe it or not, that dark dot close in is an adult seal – which was coping, to say the least; but, no surprises, that day the outcome for any seal pups still beach-bound wasn’t so good.
