Beach In Shade…
(Inspired by a Paul Evans painting…)
To find myself there would entice from within me such emotion.
The enigmatic sky, daubed with colour like a palette unwashed,
Mesmerises, the myriad hues rippling above a base of grey,
Tantalisingly reflect across the deserted low-tide shore…
The hunched headland pays tribute to a pallid, silver-green ocean,
Its neat waves tumbling with a controlled serenity. And unabashed
It creeps landward in an attempt to suck, regain and drag away
The small stones and shells stranded by a previous tide’s ferocious furore…
The groynes, some buried deep into the sand and subject to erosion,
Hold their ground like remnants from trench warfare, lashed
By weathering, drenched and hauled at by the sea’s devious affray,
But silhouetted they still stand, resolutely defensive to their very core…
Pete Ray…
25th February 2026…
Loved the painting…
Superb sky, a desolate shore and I wanted to be there…
The groynes are just remarkable…
The thoughts of The Sand Martin...
‘A glorious day is turning towards twilight as the last glints of golden sunlight fall upon the sea, turning it silver white with small highlights of pale blue as it laps the shore.
The sky is an astonishingly beautiful sight painted in a smooth grey with white clouds sitting in front of bright turquoise dashes, along with the gold foil effects of the sunlight. It occupies roughly half of the painting and is mesmerising in its dramatic effect.
To the forefront of the painting the pale yellow beige sand is sprayed with small dark pebbles and perhaps shells that merge into the dark grey beach reaching towards the sea as the sun is going down.
The rows of groynes amplify both the width and the depth of the beach and being painted almost black they lead the eye down and outwards towards the strikingly silver-white sea. They add a sense of both space and perspective to the whole scene.
In the far distance a huge headland with an apparently sheer cliff-face rises up from the beach. In the fading light the rolling, dark green clifftop is just about visible as the day moves towards a stunningly beautiful twilight.
These moments in reality are short lasting but captured in this impressive painting they become permanent and enjoyed forever…’
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