Close out at Byron Bay

Pastel on Primed Gesso Canvas - I wanted to try Pastel on Canvas (all I had available) versus sanded paper… which is difficult but possible to do! My husband surfs, and when at Byron Bay they had the biggest conflagration of sharks in years, and quite near shore - scary (especially since he went in with bloodied knees!) “Close out” has a double meaning - for surfers it is considered a closeout wave where the wave is continuously breaking from end to end (but also the shark was close and out there.