SeascapesByAlistair
An acrylic visual artist specialising in seascapes, and living afloat on Ireland /Northern Ireland border.
About SeascapesByAlistair
Based in Lisnaskea, United Kingdom. member for 7 Years
Alistair Swatridge was born in Dorset England. He spent over 30 years in a Naval career that took him around the world and finally attain Command of his own ship.
Unfortunately he was forced to medically retire much earlier than he had ever contemplated or planned. Following a short period of living ashore he found it was not for him and he and his wife moved afloat to continuously cruise the rivers and canals of the United Kingdom in his Narrowboat.
After more than 5 years of cruising the British network, he moved their boat to the quieter and more sedate surroundings of the Shannon and Erne Waterways in Ireland. He has totally fallen in love with the people, and it’s beautiful landscape and it’s less crowded, more sedate lifestyle and quiet surroundings that Ireland has to offer. He is still cruising the waterways now in a larger barge and have made his home on the water based on the border with Northern Ireland, using this as a base to explore more of the beautiful island and its wonderful coastline.
Having started painting after he retired, he experimented with watercolours before moving to Acrylics.
“I started painting because I wanted to reproduce scenes that were in my head, scenes of my fondest memories. Every picture, whether it’s made from a photograph or by visiting the beautiful locations, bring me back, to the sensations I have associated with the sea. The pictures I paint take me back to being part again of those sounds of the waves and the smell of sea air, its power, and it’s many faces; from the peace and tranquility of becalmed waters to the utter fear you experience in ferocious waves and hurricane seas.
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