Freshwater Bay from Brook Beach

Brook Beach_Watercolour_2019
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I was born a couple of miles inland from there. Not the place's greatest claim to fame, I suppose.... I've painted it too, very differently but in the same medium; I think watercolour, in whatever style, works very well in painting the island's coastline - this painting is seen from a slightly unusual angle; and here's the problem with painting a well-known place - so many people have done it before you - so the more unusual approach, the better.

This is a great watercolour of Freshwater Bay. The cliffs look just as they should!

I like this!

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01/01/2024
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Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, viewed from Brook Beach. Watercolour on paper, 40 x 30 cm, mounted to fit frame 40 x 30 cm.

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Picture Size: 40 x 30 cm
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Christopher Hensher

I am a painter and printmaker working from a studio at my home on the North Downs on the southern outskirts of London. I also regularly work elsewhere alongside fellow-artists, including at plein-air locations. Oils and watercolour are my favoured painting media and I use a wide variety of…

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