A hidden tidal beach — a large rock pool with trailing seaweed, dark birds on rocks and diving, and two layers of breaking waves between the pool and red-brown headlands opening to sea.
A hidden tidal beach — a large rock pool with trailing seaweed, dark birds on rocks and diving, and two layers of breaking waves between the pool and red-brown headlands opening to sea.

Magic Beach, Walkerville

A$1,850.00

Oil painting on canvas.
91cm x 91cm.

Within the lands and waters of the Kulin Nation, Magic Beach, Walkerville shows a hidden beach in this quiet coastal town, revealed only at low tide and opening towards Wilson’s Promontory.

Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book Magic Beach drew inspiration from this same place, weaving it through stories of childhood wonder. This painting explores that sense of enchantment in the meeting of sea and land, holding how beaches can be experienced as idyllic and magical, yet carry hidden stories of invasion and resistance.

“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” — Toni Morrison

Oil painting on canvas.
91cm x 91cm.

Within the lands and waters of the Kulin Nation, Magic Beach, Walkerville shows a hidden beach in this quiet coastal town, revealed only at low tide and opening towards Wilson’s Promontory.

Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book Magic Beach drew inspiration from this same place, weaving it through stories of childhood wonder. This painting explores that sense of enchantment in the meeting of sea and land, holding how beaches can be experienced as idyllic and magical, yet carry hidden stories of invasion and resistance.

“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” — Toni Morrison