Noordhoek Ride

This artwork was a commission piece for a close friend. We had originally discussed her favourite memory of riding horses on Noordhoek beach, a scenic stretch of coastline in Cape Town, South Africa. As a youngster, she would ride this stretch of coast many times. Now living in the UK, she still has vivid memories of the place.

The concept was to create a piece of art that would capture the iconic beauty of Chapman's Peak and the Kakapo wreck, while also evoking the memory of riding horses along the wind-swept stretch of sand.

The memories of home were filled with nostalgia and the feeling of growing up on the Cape Peninsula. The challenge was to create a painting that captured these feelings with equal measure. Luckily, I had spent many days in the same space, not riding horses but surfing in the cold Atlantic waves.