This is already proving difficult. I'm struggling for simplified compositions already. Whether this is due to tides or seduction by the big vistas I'm not sure. I am to some extent influenced by the paintings of Colin Woodcock who runs Blue Beyond, the gallery on Tiree. he seems to capture the very magic that I see on this island. Many of my images, have an echo of his work. There is something about the combination of the blue sky, blue sea, topaz sea over sand and the pure white shell sands that reaches deep inside me. However, I know what I must do - simplify, simplify, simplify. Somehow while still keeping a sense of the place to lock the images to this island. I'm pretty sure I will be more successful at higher tides, but time will tell. The day is brightening with some patches of blue starting to stake a claim to the immense skies. Nowhere I've ever been has skies that appear so large. 