Embers of the West Pier

This A3 ink painting captures Brighton’s West Pier in a glowing, almost dreamlike moment at sunset. The structure stretches gracefully across the horizon, its repeating arches softened into luminous silhouettes by washes of amber, copper, and molten orange. The pier feels both present and ghostly — a quiet echo of its former grandeur.
 
The sea beneath it is richly layered with flowing ink textures, creating gentle horizontal bands that suggest slow-moving tides and reflections of fire-lit sky. Deep russets and burnt siennas melt into lighter peach and rose tones, giving the water a glassy, meditative stillness. Above, the sky is airy and translucent, with subtle marbling and drifting pigments that feel like heat haze or sea mist at dusk.
 
The overall effect is warm, nostalgic, and quietly powerful — a poetic portrait of a Brighton landmark suspended between memory and light.