Bernard combines abstraction and impressionism to create vivid, painterly seascapes in which the illusion of form is created with colour, stroke, and texture rather than of line. The acclaimed Spanish artist has a destinctive signature style, he sets the scene with a swirling blue background of sea and sky, painted with open, spontaneous brushwork reminiscent of the early impressionists. The boats which dominate the foreground are semi-abstract, depicted as jewel-like mosaics of ochre, magenta and the palest green and making the entire canvas resonate with light, energy and joie de vivre..