Artist Note

When a gale blows from the North East, the fishing boats seek the safety of the harbour. Sailing is suspended. Many yachts have dragged their moorings and come to grief on the Hoar Rock and the inhospitable reefs of the Balbriggan Road, The drama of a good storm is irresistible. Watercolour, on a good day, can catch the surge of the breakers and the clouds fleeing before the wind