Tuskar Rock Lighthouse

Tuskar will be familiar to anyone who has taken the Rosslare ferry to Wales or France. I was at odds as to whether to do a distant image of the lighthouse perched on the shimmering sea or this close-up. That weekend, I was down on the Hook peninsula when a sea fog rolled in, reducing Hook Head’s beam to a pulsing wisp of light clawing its way through the mist. It was an arresting image that epitomised what lighthouses are all about. By the time I got to illustrating Tuskar there was little doubt in my mind but that the close up was the way to go.