Waves Breaking on Perranuthnoe Beach, Cornwall

First of all, forgive the photograph; it was taken under artificial light. I still haven't seen this painting in daylight.

I painted this on a linen canvas that had been prepared with a transparent gesso. You can see the natural colour of the linen. It seemed a shame not to do something with this fact, so I deliberately skimmed the paint so that there were areas where the canvas is still visible. At the bottom of the painting, the canvas' brown surface is the sand; at the top, it is a reminder of the painting as object.

I used a different palette for this, too; two earth colours (Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna), two blues (Ultramarine and Phthalo Blue), and Titanium White.

Based on a photograph from April 2012. Painted yesterday (20 December 2012).

Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
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