Trouville-sur-Mer Boardwalk

A long wooden walk along the Channel coast, across the river from Deauville. The first boardwalk in Normandy when it opened in 1867. The 925-metre line of planks drew the Belle Époque crowds out for the air. Boudin painted these sands again and again, then taught Monet to paint outside, in the wind. The light is still the light he was after: soft, salt-thinned, often grey-pink before the rain. The casino is still there. The fishing boats still come in. It is a slow walk, hands in pockets.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.