Monday 19 February 2007

What a grey day, cold with a hint of damp. A high tide has swept the beaches clean. I created a small brick pebble spiral for me and the sea. It was gone by the time I came back from the studio.
I met a nice couple resting on the beach, a fine creation, by anon.

12/2/7 SEAL

CUTE EH!

DOGS

Unfortunatly dogs are not allowed on to the Spurn nature reserve or the beach. I have been asked to remind everyone. Sorry.

5/2/07 chalk spiral

Created a stone totem and a chalk spiral this afternoon.
Well i'm sat at my table in the lighthouse, looking out across the humber. A large gas rig is being moved up the river and I can see across to the other side, Immingham , I think.
Its cold, snow forecast, the wind howls through the empty lighthouse, making it feel all the more wild and exciting.
I have a splendid view of the older lighthouse in the river and the lifeboat is anchored a little away from the jetty.
Its 4pm. the sun is starting to set, turning the sky orange. A great day

Monday 29 january 2007

A lovely day for walking the beach , the tide was in, sand had covered much of the detritus. Collected small, dead ,dried pipe fish which seem to litter the beach again. A good day for thinking. Watched the waves and the sun going down across the river.

pebble

nice one

preview

Thankyou to everyone who came today,your comments were so positive and gratefully recieved.
I hope everyone got home ok, thanks again, martin waters.
Photo by a visiting friend, thanks AB

Halifax

22 January 2007

I’m at Dean Clough now, looking at the exhibition, it looks good. Thanks to everyone there.

cold

Cold, bitterly cold, windy, roaring noise from the sea blown waves. The marram grass quivers like the hair on a large arm brown now from the burning salt winds, it rustles like the erect tail feathers on a peacocks tail, beautiful yet menacing.
Lots of plastics to find today , lumps of tar, hundreds of dead pipe fish.
I met an interesting man hunting for evidence of sewage among the seaweed debris, its not hard to find.

whale

My first visit inside the lighthouse studio, a really interesting space. I think the shape will have an effect on the artwork I produce there, I’m thinking long and thin, blocks of colour. The view from the top is wonderful; one can really see the fragility and that we are so very small in the expanse of sea.
A large whale has been washed up on the riverside @60, it stinks lots, but is quite interesting to see. The university boffins are desluffing the bones to preserve them.