High on the edge of Belfast Lough, along Northern Ireland's Causeway Coastal Route, Blackhead Lighthouse, completed in 1901, witnessed the departing of the Titanic. A coastal path skirts the cliff base, leading onwards to ‘The Gobbins’, daubed ‘the most thrilling walk in Europe’.

The low viewpoint from the coastal path immediately interested me, it told the story of a lighthouse in an unusual way.

The sheer rock face dominates this composition. At its base, dense blocks of ivory black and Prussian blue intermingle where stone meets sea. The eye drifts up multi-coloured columns, through amber gorse and muted hues of wild grass. Subtle shifts in tone let the composition breathe as earth meets sky. 

Finally, perched above it all — the seemingly diminutive lighthouse.