I painted these whilst stood at my easle on Duquesa beach Manilva Spain. The maritime descriptor sea state includes the height, period, and character of waves on the surface of a large body of water. The large number of variables involved in creating the sea state cannot be quickly and easily summarised, so simpler scales are used to give an approximate but concise description of conditions for reporting in a ship's log or similar record. How do you judge a seastate?  I've been inspired by Mondrians paintings of the Holland coast so painted the onrushing waves in blocks or large strokes of colour imbetween rescueing easle and canvas as the wind strengh grew and grew and grew enough to send the canvas spinning away in the air and me back to San Miguel land, spitting out sand before eating a bowl of Andaluce chilli pepper soup and an open wood fire.