29.5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), biro on grey paper.

This drawing was done on-site at a stretch of West Beach with a long row of sand-hills, which is not easily accessible by road. It is probably because of this, that they are still largely untouched by people, and feel more part of the free wild world, rather than being part of a suburban area. I suppose most beaches feel more part of the free wild world than part of a suburban area anyway, because they are on the edge of a great, mysterious, watery wilderness.

Beaches are constantly being “renewed” with each tide, and offer views which could have been the same had we been around millions of years ago. There is an immediate freshness about the sea, and yet a strong timelessness.

As with many drawings that I’ve done, I’ve tried to suggest space and structure with repeated lines following the contours of the forms - often drawing a form as if a grid has been drawn over its real surfaces. I have also used repeated structural lines to indicate an invisible but felt structure, like the space within the sky. In this drawing, I’ve used grids on the ground and sand-hills. Using light repeated lines, I’ve tried to indicate the ‘perceived perspective’ and ‘structure’ within the sky as well.