FROM COAST & COVE

A sea breeze wafts up from every page This book is a delight Nigel SlaterBoth grounding and uplifting From Coast & Cove the new book from author and acclaimed illustrator Anna Koska walks us through the four seasons on the English coast Beautifully observed contemplative and deeply personal Anna combines emotive and evocative tales of life beside the sea with her exquisitely detailed and intricate illustrations of the plants and wildlife found in the water and along the coastline Anna and her family moved from East Sussex to Devon in 2020 and she now finds inspiration for her artworks in the ebb and flow of the tide throughout the year the flotsam and jetsam washed up on the shore and the creatures spotted in the air on land and tucked away in rockpools whether it s the haunting cry of the curlew heard while kayaking along the River Dart the iridescent scales and pointed teeth of a hake the mussel shells discarded by an oystercatcher or the kelp wrack and eelgrass strewn along the beach and pressed for posterity A love letter to the natural world captured in materials ranging from pencil pen and ink watercolour and egg tempera From Coast & Cove details an artist s year spent beside the sea A book to savour and a wonderful celebration of nature s