Walton lighthouse, 2019

Alain Abramatic  

In Walton Lighthouse, the lighthouse marking the entrance to Santa Cruz Harbor rises in the center of a turbulent landscape. The pale tower, firmly anchored to its rocky base, stands facing powerful waves that seem to close in around it. The composition contrasts the stable verticality of the lighthouse with the swirling, curving movements of the sea. Broad, linear strokes traverse the space, conveying the force of the wind. The white and gray masses, worked in layers, suggest sea foam and the impact of water against the structure. Paper collage and the integration of sand lend a mineral texture to the base and the rocks, reinforcing the feeling of a shore battered by the elements. The deliberately limited palette—ochres, grays, muted blues—creates a tense, almost silent atmosphere, despite the suggested violence. The lighthouse is not represented as a mere architectural motif: it becomes a sign of human presence, a point of reference and endurance. Through this work, Alain explores the human impulse in the face of the power of natural forces. The lighthouse, isolated yet determined, embodies this will to persevere and guide, even when the sea and wind relentlessly test human constructions.