ICES (Lilac), Bexhill-on-Sea, 2020 ocean This painting is part of

This painting is part of the series looking at the bond between nature and humans and how emotional states can be reflected through the elements of nature

warmth and a sense of new beginnings

Rural foxes are often shy and extremely nervous of humans due to persecution in the countryside

I created the illustration using a mix of techniques

photograph from from Richard Heeps series

ICES (Lilac), Bexhill-on-Sea, 2020 ocean This painting is part ofICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The lilac purple colour blocking, typography and the surreal twist of the suspended ice cream cone, cross many of Richards artistic signatures. Richard runs his own colour darkroom in Cambridge printing his photographs from negative and chose to frame this image with the Kodak film