Sunset along the shore

On 7 October 1913 Goodwin wrote: 'In splendour of a gorgeous sunset one sees the scarlet, orange, crimson, vermilion, and does not - as a rule - notice the foil of grey, that frame these gorgeous tints and bring them out for our delectation. This I have done now, and the result, that though I have taken out most of the scattered colour, the points, by this, get their due and the whole thing, though with far less real colour looks as though it had far more, and is doubly brilliant' (The Diary of Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1883-1927), London, 1934, p. 185).