c1979
Watercolour on paper
27.9 x 40.6 cm
Whereabouts unknown
Works | 1970 to 1979 Seascapes | Coastal Scenes Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Watercolours Lepe Beach and The Solent Watercolours
Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. [date obscured in photo. Looks like '79.],
Other measurements: 27.0 x 40.6 [Ash Barn]; 27.9 x 38.1 cm [REP]
England Hampshire Lepe Beach The Solent Isle of Wight beach concrete blocks oil tanker sailing boats shingle windyThe concrete plinths are possibly from the wartime construction of Mulberry Harbours and Pluto pipeline.
This typifies Dad’s handling of watercolour in his later years. The transparent washes for the sky give way gradually to a more opaque and textured surface. The strong blacks of the foreshore and the shadowed edges of the blocks give an almost surreal effect.
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