Playing on the Beach

Two children play on the beach at low tide. A minimalist piece of digital art showing the rolling waves as they approach a sandy beach. This is a digital painting from a photograph I took of Hastings beach some years…

Two children play on the beach at low tide. A minimalist piece of digital art showing the rolling waves as they approach a sandy beach. This is a digital painting from a photograph I took of Hastings beach some years…

A weathered fishing boat on Hastings beach surrounded by a clutter of boxes, nets and net markers. It is strange to me how this seemingly abandoned boat and disused equipment can be aesthetic in the location where it has been…

For walkers at Rye Harbour and Camber Sands it wasn’t a particularly nice day. A strong wind was blowing relentlessly, and it was cold for a July day. Ideal conditions for kiteboarding though, and the kiteboarders were out in force…

Three photographs of Hastings Harbour Arm during Storm Doris in February 2017. As of 2019, this scene has changed now as the Harbour Arm has received significant reinforcement in the form of concrete and granite blocks. More information about the…

A young seagull photographed staring out to sea. What was going through its mind? Are seagulls capable of thinking beyond the moment? Planning for the future or remembering the past? They can problem solve and learn behaviours, so perhaps they…

Sunset on Bexhill Beach. A strong wind blows spray from the tops of waves rolling into Bexhill Beach, creating a haze that softens this sunset scene. Click on both images to view purchase options in my online Red Bubble shop.

The West Hill in Hastings is an open space that separates the Old Town with the town centre. As well as the castle and smugglers caves, the hill was once the site of a windmill and used for farming.
Cliff End at Fairlight marks the point where Pett Level starts. On the beach, below the cliffs, you can see millions of years of geological and natural history all within the same area.
Quite often I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time when it comes to rain. On this day however I was lucky enough to have picked the part of Bexhill beach that lay between rain showers.
Several hefty cloud formations moved across Sussex earlier this week. These were patchy however and blue skies appeared in between the showers...
I didn't have time to get down to the harbour arm to witness Storm Imogen smashing against it. Instead I briefly stopped down by Azure and took some photos down there.
Here are a couple of photos showing reflections of the clouds over St Leonard beach one calm evening...