Paintings and Prints of the East Anglian Coast
Cuttlebone So at the end of another day of Suffolk Open Studios and it is time for sketching and as it is raining it will be this cuttlefish bone that I collected during the early spring. The Cuttlebone is the internal structure of the cuttlefish and is interesting as it is neither a bone or …
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Iken Church Sitting on a spit that juts out into the River Alde is the church of St Botolph at Iken. It is believed that a church has sat on this site for over 1300 years. A footpath close to Iken church allows you to walk along the shore line to Snape Maltings this view …
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Bittern Hide sketch After a very rainy morning it was off to Minsmere to monitor the Bitterns. We all arrived in Bittern hide in the pouring rain and were instantly rewarded with a male and female Bittern sitting quite close in the reeds. And thank goodness as the rest of the wildlife was hunkered down. …
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Sutton Hoo Whetstone Sceptre Having lived in Suffolk all my life I thought I ought to visit Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge. Sutton Hoo is the site of great importance with Anglo Saxon burial mounds from the 6th and 7th centuries. One of the mounds contained an undisturbed ship burial including great wealth of Anglo Saxon …
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Walberswick beach huts are very distinctive from those across the river at Southwold which are brightly coloured. These beach huts are all black and sit a little behind the dunes to keep them tucked out of sight.