Worked on three views of St Ives based around Smeaton’s Pier. The first, using a triptych of canvases, is looking back down the pier towards The Wharf. Quite pleased with the colour and texture in the composition.

Susan Isaac – The Wharf from Smeaton’s Pier, St Ives (oil on canvas, 3 x 25cm square)

For the second view I thought to use a long series of five small square canvases to emphasise the length of the pier itself.

Susan Isaac – Boats in the Harbour, St Ives (oil on canvas, 5 x 20cm square)

The third work was a long thin landscape canvas, again of Smeaton’s pier, a very similar view to the 5-canvas painting. I was pleased with the lighting on the house roofs and parts of the pier, suggesting the low evening sun, and the way the boats hung still in the water.

Susan Isaac – Rising Tide in the Harbour, St Ives (oil on canvas, 30 x 76cm)