Fishing Boat and Gulls

A fishing boat heads across pale, still water towards a line of blue mountains, trailed by a cloud of gulls. The sky is laid in strokes of peach, cream and light blue, and the water picks up the same colours in pink, lilac and gold. A quiet, light-filled sea painted in thick oil.

Most of the canvas is pale — peach, cream, light blue — and the boat with its gulls is the one dark accent, which is why the composition feels so quiet. The water picks up the sky colours in pink, lilac and gold.

One of the lightest seascapes in the gallery, made for bright rooms: a living room, a bedroom or a bathroom with soft natural light. It sits well with white, beige and pale blue interiors, at 65 × 50 cm.

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