Lone Seagull on the Rocks at Hartland, Devon

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At Hartland I usually paint the seas crashing onto rocky outcrops with the seagulls occasionally appearing as small streaks in the distance. This bold fellow, however, insisted on posing for me, just a few feet away from where I was sitting, so I flicked the page in my drawing book and captured him as he gazed out to sea, surveying his territory.