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A loose watercolour study of a single bull kelp holdfast washed up on a Gulf Islands beach at low tide. Amber and olive washes bleed softly into wet sand, leaving the right half of the 3:2 composition open and still. Visible paper texture and a few sharp strokes for the trailing fronds give the piece an airy, salt-worn calm that suits a quiet coastal wall.