COAST of LIGHT

Art rooted in light, nature & place

Category: Artwork Update

  • Versión en español abajo Sunshine Yellow captures a quiet coastal moment where warm light, soft sand, and still water meet. Guided by a simple path to the sea, the digital composition brings a sense of calm, clarity, and gentle optimism, designed to brighten your space and evoke the feeling of sunlit air and open horizons.…

  • Art as a Way of Survival

    versión en español abajo A single continuous line, searching for somewhere steadier, carrying the message on a worn and neutral background. The answer is already there though. Art as a way of survival. Art is a way of survival. Dive in! Available now as a print in various sizes. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4413486628/art-as-a-way-of-survival-minimalist El arte como forma de…

  • River Crossing

    Versión en español abajo Today’s update comes from a place I walk through almost every day: the footbridge over the river in El Puerto de Santa María. Each day, the light shifts to winter, reflections flicker across the water and the whole bridge becomes a quiet meeting point between river and sky. River Crossing captures…

  • Plaza de Mina

    versión en español abajo Palm trees, filtered light, and the quiet hum of Cádiz in the late afternoon. Plaza de Mina captures one of the city’s most beloved squares, layered in botanical detail and soft Andalusian tone. It’s a piece about pause and presence, about standing still under the palms, looking up and feeling time…

  • The Turning Ground – The Process

    Process & Inspiration (versión en español abajo) This week, a look behind The Turning Ground series. It all begins simply: markers, yellow paper, a few words that catch a feeling. From there, everything shifts, is scanned, layered, and reworked digitally until the energy of those first lines finds its rhythm again in light and texture.…

  • The Turning Ground – Shadows of Doubt

    I cannot fully appreciate the light without walking beneath the shadows of doubt / No puedo apreciar completamente la luz sin caminar bajo las sombras de la duda. The Turning Ground: Wisdom for the kitchen, the everyday and the light within / Sabiduría para la cocina, lo cotidiano y la luz que llevamos dentro.

  • version en español abajo The Advent Challenge is finished! Twenty-four days, twenty-four artworks, a journey of rhythm, colour and creativity. It’s been good fun creating these small daily works and sharing them along the way. You can see all works collected together here:  https://coastoflight.blog/advent-art-25/ Don’t forget if you’re interested in any of the works they…

  • The BIG Advent Art Challenge ’25

    Today I’m sharing some of the colours we’ve been working with so far for the Advent challenge, a small window into the palette, rhythms, and decisions shaping the work. You can find all pieces to date on the blog via this link https://coastoflight.blog/advent-art-25/ and if you’re drawn to any of them, the prints are available…

  • Century Plant Studies

    Century Plant Studies(versión en español abajo) The Hoopoe · The Hawk · LOOK UP! Three artworks rooted in the quiet drama of the century plant, a form that flowers once, then leaves a trace. The Hoopoe, The Hawk, and LOOK UP! explore attention, patience, and the upward pull of light. Together, these works invite a…

  • A Tree Through the Generations

    (versión en español abajo) Today’s update is something especially close to the heart that featured recently on a process / inspiration post. A Tree Through the Generations is now available as a greeting card (A6 & A5), a piece that began decades ago with a quiet painting by my grandmother, Mary Castle. Her original tree,…