Mountain Coast and Calm Sea Beneath a Clouded Sky
A mountainous coast curves into a broad, calm sea. Pale light falls through gaps in the clouds and spreads across the water, while small buildings trace the shore.
A broad stretch of pale grey water fills the bay, its surface marked by slight ripples. Along one side, a dark, wooded mountain coast reaches into the sea through a succession of headlands, each one fading farther into the distance.
Layers of light and dark cloud cover the sky. A narrow opening lets through a faint brightness that touches the water near the horizon, setting the lighter sea against the shadowed slopes.
Small buildings and paths follow the meeting point of land and water. The curve of the coast carries the eye from the near shore towards the distant headlands, while cool blues and greys bind sea, mountains and sky into a scene that feels hushed yet expansive.
In the exhibition Work 30 of 363
Leaving the Known
Rivers Unfold
Before We Explain the World
See this photograph in the exhibition