“The Path To Start Point”

This lighthouse bravely stands on the end of a long jagged finger of rock curving out into the sea, at the bottom end of a bay called Start Bay.

There's a walk to it, from a carpark at top, down a winding sloping road on the North side of the rocky outcrop. Alternatively, after visiting Mattiscombe Bay first, the South East Coastal path takes you there on the South side. It's breath‑taking either way.

If you've visited Devon, and this wonderful location down the coast from Dartmouth, then you'll hopefully recognise this is the coast path approach, from Mattiscombe Bay.

In Spring the slopes here are filled with Bluebells, and it's a pure delight. I was fortunate to be there during April when the blue washed inclines tumbling to the sea were stunning.

This digital painting is in the style of a popular linocut print I made called “Coast”. I've created this art using the same drawing method I use when designing/planning my linocut prints.

The advantage of this way of making art is I can offer it at a reduced price compared to my original lino prints.

There's no cutting lino or paper, mixing inks and individually printing each colour using my hand wound press. There's no waiting for each ink to dry before adding the next.

After being hand‑drawn on a computer, I have this artwork printed by a professional fine art printing company. They use quality archival papers, inks and a high‑end printer.

Unlike my linoprints which come in one size only, I can offer this landscape print in several sizes: Medium, Large and Extra‑large. I can offer ithis one even bigger by special request, and there's no loss of quality.