Lion's Head (Original)

Oil on canvas in a black stained wooden floating frame.

About the artwork

I was attending a birthday celebration of my nephew at the Twelve Apostles Hotel on Chapman's Peak Drive. Roundabout sunset we walked across the road to go and smoke a joint when this scene greeted us. The sea was as calm as anything I had ever seen which meant that there were no waves. The sunset was reflected off the water like a mirror. I only had a mobile phone with me and in those days the resolution of the photos was very low. The light was dim so I only managed to capture a very grainy photo. The scene however captivated me and the only way to keep it was to reproduce it as an oil painting. The original colour was different but this is how my mind interpreted it and committed it to memory.