RX Fishing Fleet
Rye still retains its small fishing fleet catching the plaice and Dover sole that thrive in the shallow waters of Rye Bay. The Fishing boat registration code RX is common to all the fishing boats in Rye Bay and can be found on the old boats drying or abandoned on the beach at Dungeness, Rye Harbour and Hastings.
Hastings has the only beach launched fishing fleet in Europe.
PATCH OF BLUE
The close up and ambiguous detail of the side of an old wooden fishing boat on the beach near Dungeness (opposite Derek Jarman's garden). The sun and wind in this bleak landscape have slowly stripped away the layers of paint that chart this boat's working life leaving a patch of blue that floats on a sea of orange like the map of some alien continent.
Limited edition Giclee print
Unframed £50