Where the Sea Meets the Shore

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and music in its roar
I love not man the less, but Nature more
Lord Byron, 1788-1824
Bells Beach, Australia

Water is endlessly fascinating. The waves, the tides, the beaches, and the life that we find there are all sources of inspiration. Rocks are eroded into fantastical shapes by the wind and the surf, and the receding tide leaves artistically decorated sand. We play in it and on it, and some people still catch fish for their livelihood.

Bells Beach
Gunnamatta Beach
London Bridge, Australia
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Gunnamatta Beach
Sorrento, Australia
London Bridge
Torquay Surf Beach, Australia
Sorrento
Thurne Drainage Mill, Norfolk
Torquay Surf Beach
Twelve Apostles
Thurne Mill, Norfolk
Twelve Apostles
An aerial photo of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Tofino, Vancouver Island
Bay of Islands
Tofino, Vancouver Island
Breakers on the rocky shore of Clew Bay, Murrisk, Ireland
the famous Cathedral Cove, New Zealand
Clew Bay
Cathedral Cove
Curachs beached in Connemara, Ireland
dinghy on the beach at low tide, Mousehole, Cornwall
Curachs, Connemara
Beached Dinghy
picturesque harbour at Megavissey, Cornwall
Mousehole harbour closed against winter storms
Megavissey, Cornwall
Mousehole, Cornwall
ice being delivered to the fishing fleet in Bali
historic fishing fleet at Pangambengan, Bali
a pair of historic fishing boats in Bali
blocks of ice waiting to be loaded on the fishing fleet in Bali
Pangambengan, Bali
the lighthouse on the Etang de Thau at sunset
Pangambengan, Bali
rainbow over the harbour at Ballyconneely
Etang de Thau
picturesque Marseillan harbour
Ballyconneely
historic lighthouse and tarpaper shack at North Rustico
Marseillan
open shell with clam inside
North Rustico, PEI
evening light, Bass Harbor, Maine
Clam
breakers roll in at Broadhaven Beach, Wales
Bass Harbor
chalk cliffs at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Incoming Tide
Spouting Horn Blowhole, Kauai
Freshwater Bay
surfer disappears over the back of a wave
The Surfer
hikers leave footprints on the dunes at Cumberland Island
Spouting Horn Blowhole
view of The Needles, Isle of Wight
rocks at the lake shore with a twist of rope
palm tree on Waialua Beach
silhouettes of people walking a dog on the beach
Whitby harbour and fishing boats on a foggy day
A walk on the beach
Whitby in Fog
seaweed on shale at Broadhaven Beach, Wales
coloured cliffs at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
The rocks at low tide
Alum Bay
fisherman passing an islet at sunset, Indonesia
Bass Harbor Lighthouse and rocks, Maine
Tropical sunset
dinghies tied up, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert Island
fishing dinghies and surf at Sennen Cove, Cornwall
Maine
Amphitrite Point Lighthouse
Sennen Cove
jet skis on the beach in Thailand
Amphitrite Point Lighthouse
motorboats in the harbor at Cabo St Lucas
Jet Skis
sand and surf at Moloaa Beach, Kauai
Cabo St Lucas
beach chairs and umbrella, Thailand
Thai beach
Stormy Kauai Beach
colourful wet pebbles on the beach
Wet Pebbles