Where I live, you cannot help but notice the swathes of seaweed strewn across our beaches, their acerbic scent filling the salty air, giving the coastline a wild and unkempt aesthetic. In such abundance it’s easy to overlook this remnant of life under the sea. Drawn to examine these sea plants, I saw that every piece was unique, that their luminosity changed when not submerged in water, their shapes and colours shifting dramatically as they dried; subtle variations of red, purple, green, and brown.

It seems as if the seaweed, cast away en-masse, coming and going with the tides, is a glimpse of life from another world; an ode to the sea and all its wild changeability.

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From the sea

watercolour on fabriano artistico
55.8 x 55.8 cm | 22 x 22 in

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Carrageenan

watercolour on fabriano artistico
20.3 x 20.3 cm | 8 x 8 in

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Bladderwrack

watercolour
20.3 x 30.5 cm | 8 x 12 in

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Entwined

Watercolour on fabriano artistico
35.5 x 45.7 cm | 14 x 18 in

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