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			OLIVER BEVAN

	On the beach

	Breakers		Sunlight on the cliff		Preparing to break		The wave

oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm		oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm	oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm
	oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm

	As far as the eye can see		Low tide		Preparing to break		The wave

	oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm		oil on canvas 45 x 55 cm		chalk on paper 55 x 65 cm		chalk on paper 55 x 65 cm

	On the beach		As far as the eye can see II		Breakers II		Surfer

	oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm		oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm		oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm		oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm

	Black Rocks		Mirror		From the rock

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm	oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm	oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm

I have so often watched the Atlantic waves rolling in on Cornish beaches, when on holiday with my children. Body boarding was a revelation, playing with the energy of the waves, and never knowing whether you were going to experience a thrill or a beating. My son and family now live a few minutes from the ocean, and visiting there has re-ignited my delight in the interminable lines of breakers forming then thundering down on the intrepid surfers. I hope that these paintings communicate at least the sense of being there, the light and space, and the near insigniificance of the human figures.

Offshore wind

Coming down the wave

oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm

Going under

Incoming tide

oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm