As the heatwave continues, I've been thinking I might take off for the beach tomorrow, complete with my new beach umbrella (€8.90 in Super U, a bargain, probably owing to the not terribly attractive mustard yellow colour) and of course a book.
These girls don't have an umbrella, but it looks like the sun is going down so it must be cool enough not to need one. The painter is Harold Harvey (1874-1941), and as he lived most of his life in Penzance, in Cornwall, I assume this -- just called On the Sands -- shows one of the very beautiful beaches in that lovely part of south west England.
The beach I'll be going to is one of the glorious ones on the Cancale peninsular, near St Malo, about 45 minutes drive from where I live. Not much further away is the beach in the picture below, painted by the Canadian artist Clarence Gagnon (1881-1942), entitled The Beach at Dinard. This must have been painted on a much cooler day than we are expecting tomorrow, judging by the fact that everyone is so fully clothed. Dinard is a lovely town but a bit too full of people for my liking.
