Rough Seas is a highly dynamic, textural charcoal drawing that captures the chaotic friction and raw, uncompromising power of a fully active Atlantic gale. This composition focuses on the unpredictable, overlapping peaks of a fractured ocean surface tossed by fierce coastal winds. Sonia uses urgent, multi-directional gestural strokes to carve out the peaks and troughs of the deep water, utilising heavy layers of compressed charcoal to ground the dense valleys of the waves. The composition explodes with brightness where the artist has meticulously lifted the charcoal away, creating a fine veil of blowing sea spray and frantic whitewater. A masterclass in capturing raw kinetic energy, this piece beautifully translates the volatile spirit of the North Cornish coast at its wildest and most uninhibited.
Rough Seas is a highly dynamic, textural charcoal drawing that captures the chaotic friction and raw, uncompromising power of a fully active Atlantic gale. This composition focuses on the unpredictable, overlapping peaks of a fractured ocean surface tossed by fierce coastal winds. Sonia uses urgent, multi-directional gestural strokes to carve out the peaks and troughs of the deep water, utilising heavy layers of compressed charcoal to ground the dense valleys of the waves. The composition explodes with brightness where the artist has meticulously lifted the charcoal away, creating a fine veil of blowing sea spray and frantic whitewater. A masterclass in capturing raw kinetic energy, this piece beautifully translates the volatile spirit of the North Cornish coast at its wildest and most uninhibited.
