Gallery of Seascapes and Beaches

Seascapes are a major part of my artistic output, I live near the beach and my husband is a surfer and I enjoy swimming, so it has been a large part of my life – all of the paintings on this page are inspired by that close affinity.I walk along the beach at Lennox Head (called Seven Mile Beach) as many mornings as possible – it is there that I have so much inspiration for my seascapes. There is an extraordinary feeling of exhilaration in breathing in the sea and sand all around me. The sea changes from minute to minute and there are many different kinds of seabirds – gulls, terns, pelicans and the birds of prey – the Brahminy kite. My seascapes are painted with some artistic licence – there is always more colour than anyone imagines in the water – reflections of the sky, the sun, storm clouds and sand.

: Colours of Byron Bay II Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cm

: Purple Dawn. oil on canvas [SOLD]

: Sunrise, Hanalei Bay, Kauai Hawaii [SOLD]

: The Pass. Acrylic on canvas 60 x60cm [SOLD]

: Lennox Point, acrylic on canvas 20 x 20cm [SOLD]

: ‘Surf Symphony’ acrylic on canvas [SOLD]

: Seagulls. Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 cm [SOLD]

: The Osprey with its prey is followed by a flock of Silver Gulls. Oil on canvas. 91 x 122 cm [SOLD]

: The Boat Ramp oil on canvas [SOLD]

: On the Harbour – oil on board [SOLD]

: Beach Infinity, oil on canvas 100 x 150cm Commission for Taxpresso office, Lennox Head

: Patterns of Beach Erosion, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122cm [SOLD]

: ‘Endless Possibilities’ oil on canvas 1 x1.5m [SOLD]

: ‘Somewhere on the East Coast’ oil on canvas 1 x 1.5m [SOLD]

: ‘Purple Daze’ oil on canvas 91 x 61 cm [SOLD]

: ‘Belongil’ Commission Acrylic on poly cotton 1.52 x 1.52m

: ‘Infinity’ oil on canvas 91 x 62 cm [SOLD]

: ‘Surge’ acrylic on canvas 1 x 1.5m [SOLD]

: Tallebudgera Creek 2 Commission acrylic on linen 91 x 61 cm

: Tallebudgera Creek 1 Commission acrylic on linen 91 x 61 cm

: ‘Byron Bay’ 1.52 x1.52m acrylic on canvas [SOLD]

: Boulders Beach

: Boulders Beach

: Erosion at Clarke’s Beach Byron Bay #1

: Erosion at Clarke’s Beach Byron Bay #2

One of the paintings in the gallery above, depicting an Osprey followed by a flock of seagulls was inspired by a walk along Seven Mile Beach at Lennox Head. A fisherman had left some substantial pieces of fish on the beach, I was examining these when a large and impressive Osprey swooped onto the largest piece of fish and made off with it, followed by a flock of screaming Silver Gulls!

Sunrise, Hanalei Bay, Kauai Hawaii [SOLD]

The seascape at left is oil on canvas and was inspired by the glorious sunrise at Hanalei Bay, Kauai on Christmas morning – where we spent a very special holiday with children and grandchildren. The sun came from behind me and gradually turned the clouds and water gold and pink.