Neil, a.k.a Nelly, is a Devon artist living by Boat Cove, Dawlish, creating beautiful art inspired by Southwest England's coastal towns, harbours, sea life & maritime history. This illustration is of Boat Cove, his favourite place.
I create my artworks by drawing in pen and ink on paper while on location, not from photographs, and hand colour them by eye digitally . I do not use any AI-assisted tools, unlike many people these days. I use my 30 years of experience of hand-colouring.
I love to take my little boat 'Monique' along the coast, or tour our towns and villages and discover the beauty in the coastline, ancient harbours, boats and historic buildings.
We absolutely love our prints of Boat Cove and Cockwood Harbour. The detail is incredible and the colours are vibrant, they have already attracted a lot of praise from our visitors.