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David Townshend Images

Abstract and impressionist landscape, garden and architecture photography

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Colour and Shape – Abstracts from the Norfolk Coast

All these images were created at Thornham Harbour on the beautiful and much-photographed Norfolk coast.  However, my images are not the standard representational views, not simple depictions.  Instead I offer you a playful exploration of shapes and colours, textures and light.  Through my impressionist images I create a variety of sensations and moods, taking you from hot summer days to a moonlit winter storm.  But if you look, you can still see within the images the shapes of the iconic coal barn, staithes and moored boats, along with the textures of the saltmarsh plants and the flotsam on the rising tide edge. 

Viewing the images, you will sense the coastal light, with the changing sky and sea, reflections and shadows, and the eerie glow of the extreme spring flood tide.

These images formed my solo exhibition at Gallery 6, Newark in August to October 2024.

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