Harbour Lights

“Harbour Lights” is an abstract coastal nightscape, where blocks of deep navy and teal meet flashes of neon pink, soft turquoise and warm yellow, like lights skimming across dark water. Rather than describing a specific harbour, the painting catches the sensation of standing at the edge of a bay after dusk, watching reflections stretch and fracture with each small movement of the tide. Loose, vertical passages of colour suggest masts, buildings and shoreline, while softer, horizontal drags of paint read as ripples, piers or moving light. That balance of considered structure and more intuitive, gestural marks keeps the composition hovering between city and sea, order and drift, a controlled chaos with just enough wild edges left visible. From a distance, “Harbour Lights” holds together as ...