Old Coastguard Cottages, Tynemouth

Oil on Gesso Board

Unframed size: 9″ x 12″

I’ve always wanted to paint this row of houses at Tynemouth near the Watch House Museum.  I was partly inspired by Monet’s Houses at Argenteuil (1873) in which he painted a residential scene, the place where he lived, in the height of Summer, framed by vegetation and wildflowers.  I was also really drawn to the subtle ‘L’ shaped composition provided by the Collingwood Monument.  It was such a joy to paint at the coast on a bright day.