Vessels 7

Original – Acrylics, sand, wax and resin on canvas board, mounted and framed in white frame, 23cm x 32cm (image is 13cm x 18cm)

The Vessels works form part of my eponymous Vessels Collection – inspired by boatworks in St Ives Harbour.

The term Vessel has the obvious nautical meaning and so you may see a blue boat with its hull resting on the sand, with decorative markings in red and white. But look deeper and you’ll find lines and scratches as though the boat is telling a story of each and every turning tide and trip out to sea.