Polo pony, Humber Estuary 1970s  2012

This painting combines two traditional genres: animal painting and landscape. It is a winter or early spring scene during the 1970s. The beach is between Cleethorpes and Humberston looking toward the Humber Estuary and the North Sea. When the tide is out huge expanses of sand are exposed. On the horizon to the right is a derelict military relic - the Haile Sand fort (built...