At our Walton on the Naze workshop at The Nose bookshop, 80 year old Mary Ellen brought in a treasured sea scape painting by her friend David Peck. She told us ‘He had wanted an exhibition and managed to set one up in Frinton – it was all set up but there was an almighty storm and no-one could come – then the next day was lockdown. He was quite ill by this time and passed away soon after’.
Mary Ellen wrote this poem and read it aloud to us (this video is on our instagram @legendaryessex):
‘Our Last Day’
How sun glinting on muddy cliffs
Skipped onto sands of ancient times
Sandlings dodging briny froth
Crabs scuttling to the haven of the rocks
Seagulls screaming at the rushing wind
Violent waves crashed but tamed
& gently rippling in the Autumn Sun
Blessed with the beauty of this day
To stop and take our breath away’
Written for my dear friend David Peck, Artist, on our last day.
