AMPHIRE HOE is one of my local nature reserves, which stretches below the white cliffs to the sea. On a hot July morning, the air was scented with restharrow and other grassland plants. I set off early, hoping to work on a larger, portrait version of , done a few summers ago. Apart from the distinctive green and white of the chalkcliffs, the colour palette was quite muted. Bleached grasses dotted the area and fringed the water. Beyond them, at ground level, were
