Tilly Whim Caves

Tilly Whim Caves

Acrylic and jesmonite on panel
61 x 62 cm
2007

I first started to go to Dorset as a boy, in summers spent at my grandmother’s house. I would visit the caves when they were open, and it always felt like an adventure. They were later closed when the collapsing roof of an underground quarry made them unsafe. This view with Durlston Castle in the distance is painted from Anvil Point Lighthouse.