A sketch capturing the vivid effect of the sky and sea off the coast of Sabine, Texas. Everett has used powerful brush strokes and vibrant explosions of colour to capture the desired visual appearance. The loose brush strokes indicate the artist has worked rapidly to attempt to capture the effect, working in radiating lines of colour. Streaks of purple dominate the centre of the image and meet above a line of pink horizontally marking the horizon. The colours are reflected in the calm sea at the end of his voyage on the barque, 'Birkdale'. Everett joined the 'Birkdale', and sailed from Bristol to Sabine Pass, Texas, April to June 1920. It was his first journey after World War I. The 'Birkdale' was due to take sulphur from Texas to the Cape, but when she arrived in Texas the ship was re-chartered to Australia and so Everett reluctantly left her and came home by steamer. The 'Birkdale', built in 1892, was the last barque to fly the red ensign and spent nearly all her working life in the Chilean nitrate trade. For a short time after World War I she switched to taking sulphur from Texas to the Cape. The 'Birkdale' went back to the nitrate trade and was wrecked on the Chilean coast after catching fire in 1927. The painting is inscribed 'Birk', 'Sabine, Texas'.