Toy Boat at Selsey Print by Kenneth Rowntree

Rowntree painted many boats in his life. He illustrated an article his wife Diana wrote for the Architectural Review on Oxford college barges (used as clubhouses from which to watch the rowing). But here, as elsewhere in his work, we have a child’s boat: bright yellow, with white sails, and stitching very carefully depicted. It is arbitrarily placed atop a concrete wall. But the benign blue of the sky suggests play suspended, and the sun betokens more play to come. Giclée print, Limited Edition (1/950) on 310gms thick, 100% cotton rag. Hand-numbered and hand-embossed.