Cycling the coastline of England to sketch for my paintings, I saw things like this:
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| Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, northeast England coast |
And this:
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| Crumpled cliffs, Dorset, near Lulworth Cove, south England coast |
Not to mention the actual road and footpath on one trip that had crumbled into the sea.
Which made me decide to study this:
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| Geology textbook from Open University |
So that I could create even better paintings of the coast, like these:
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| St Oswald, Acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm |
Based on the cliff face near those crumpled Dorset rocks (St Oswald is the name of the bay below the cliff). It's sister painting
Infinity Window is the same cliff, named after the rock climb route up the side.
And this:
Based on the view from the sea back towards the eroded caves on the Yorkshire coast. So an unusual view looking back from the water, unlike my usual paintings looking out over the water. So that slip of blue at the bottom is the sea!
My final exam for my final geology class is today. So wish me luck!
See the coast paintings tina-m.com
I did geology at O level as an extra in my Lower Sixth year at school - and it was one of the most enjoyable subjects I ever did. You never look at a landscape in the same way after you've done geology!
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