In the 1940s Tonks
moved to a house near Watchet in Somerset. inspired by the vibrant
beauty of the nearby coast, particularly the light and shade, and the
heightened colour and texture of the sun-drenched sea and land.Tonks
produced a number of paintings that bring to mind the coastal views of
Laura Knight and Lamorna Birch. The setting for this painting may well
be Croyde in Devon, further west along the coast from Watchet. Rocks at
Croyde was the title of Tonks’s 1941 Royal Academy exhibit (no. 682).
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