I took some time out yesterday to get paint on paper before 2026.

In the past 3 weeks I have described the undescribable sensations I felt when I first saw the colours of the sea at Coogee Beach an hour after I landed in Australia. I have not been lost for words but making a colour sketch was essential as photographs and words can’t do my memories justice. I wanted the vibrancy and translucency of the colours of the sea combined with the milky coffee colour of the mix of sand and waves on the shore line in the brightest of sunshine.

This is my best effort, a mix of vivid watercolour painting and some digital photography tweaking.

For now I am content and optimistic that the job can be done in the New year. 

Happy New Year 2026