I'd Sail Into The Light of Day No.01 (Dungeness High Light Tower Lighthouse) In Minature a hamlet on the banks

a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire

Image size:  39 x 79cm  // Framed size 66 x 106cm

ever changing sandbanks of the Goodwin Sands provide valuable foraging grounds for birds and a haul out site for harbour and grey seals

including three vessels that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar

I found the names of the ships and the date they sank using Lloyds List and gilded them in large letters at the top and bottom of each piece

I'd Sail Into The Light of Day No.01 (Dungeness High Light Tower Lighthouse) In Minature a hamlet on the banks2022 2023 Oil on canvas 152 x122cm Ben Fenton grew up on Dungeness and each night as he went to sleep the slow sweeping beam of the light houses would shine through his bedroom window at his grandma's house, the now famous Prospect Cottage. This collection of 5 lighthouse paintings featuring the old high tower lighthouse are a love letter to this memory and to all the lighthouses around our UK coast that keep our shipping safe.