'The Red Bluff at Sandringham, after Arthur Merric Boyd'

This seascape is painted from the same spot where Arthur Merric Boyd completed 'The Red Bluff at Sandringham' over 100 years ago. Local accounts from that time tell of children sliding down the face of the Bluff on sheets of corrugated iron, launching into a freefall of more than three metres onto the sand below. Bayside has changed significantly since Boyd painted here; the light falls differently, and the horizon is busier now. However, I can still sense those children hurtling down the cliffs, the continuity of experience shared across generations on these same beaches — the same water, the same sky, the same reckless joy suspended for a moment before the plunge. 'The Red Bluff at Sandringham, after Arthur Merric Boyd' 2026 Oil on linen 51 x 76.5cm