A striking modernist coastal landscape captures a harbour scene rendered through simplified architectural forms and broad planes of colour, executed in oil onto board and dated 1971.

Fishing boats rest calmly along the water’s edge, framed by buildings and sheds that sit beneath a pale, expansive sky. The composition balances structure and stillness beautifully, evoking the peaceful rhythm of a seaside port at rest.

Executed in a distinctly modernist style, the painting leans into geometric abstraction while retaining a strong sense of place. The buildings are reduced into angular blocks and softened silhouettes, giving the scene a calm atmosphere.

The palette is wonderfully soft yet vibrant, featuring dusty coral pinks, muted lilacs, pale blues, teal greens, mustard tones, and deep navy accents. These colours reflect gently across the water, creating a serene interplay of light and shadow throughout the composition.

Brushwork is controlled and deliberate, with smooth layered applications of paint contrasted against sharper linear details in the masts, rooftops, and harbour edges. The flattened treatment of form and carefully balanced tonal areas lend the work a refined, contemplative quality characteristic of mid-century coastal modernism.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary frame with a linen-lined border and gilt inner trim. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has minor age-related wear.

Size: 33 x 60 cm (including frame)

A calm mid-century painting that captures a row of coastal houses perched along a gently sloping bluff, executed in oil onto canvas.

The angular rooftops of the homes step rhythmically across the incline as the land falls away toward a calm, uninterrupted band of sea on the horizon. There’s a quiet sense of stillness here – no figures, no movement – just the presence of these structures holding their place against the elements, evoking the calm solitude of a seaside village.

Rendered in a modernist style with a subtle lean toward abstraction, the composition simplifies form while preserving a strong architectural narrative. The perspective feels slightly flattened, allowing the houses, hillside, and sky to merge into a cohesive, almost dreamlike plane. A restrained and harmonious palette anchors the scene: chalky whites and soft creams dominate the hillside and facades, offset by deeper blacks and browns in the rooftops, while a pale grey-blue sky creates a gentle, atmospheric backdrop. The sea introduces a cooler, more saturated blue, balanced by delicate touches of brown and faint peach that lend warmth and depth.

The brushwork is expressive yet measured. Broad, painterly strokes shape the hillside with a textured, almost windswept quality, while the buildings are defined with more deliberate, slightly firmer gestures. Fine linear mark – suggesting fishing poles – bring a light, sketch-like energy that contrasts with the heavier, more tactile application of paint below, adding a sense of quiet movement within an otherwise serene composition.

This oil on canvas is present in a beautiful linen lined wood frame, with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs.

Size: 46 x 78 cm (including frame)