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‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish’

Posted by admin on August 9th, 2013
253 'Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish', Acrylic & Pastel, 2012, 30 x 30 cm

‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish’

‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2012, 30 x 30 cm

When we were out walking on Mam na Gualainn last week, we had superb views across Loch Leven to the big range of mountains that sit on the south side of the Ballachulish bridge.  We walked this range on a fine May day back in 2005 and had this fine view as we approached Sgorr Dhearg, one of the two Munros in the range.

I started this painting several years ago but could never quite get it right.  Then last year I dug it out once more and started work on it again …and this was the result.  It’s not an over bright painting or one of an over dramatic scene, but it does I think nicely capture what it’s like to be walking in the hills as the mists come and go around you.

This painting is currently on display at my studio ….visitors are always welcome, although to check that I’m not out walking on yet another hill …it’s always worth giving me a quick call on my mobile first: 07742 437425.

Keith Salmon
Scottish Landscape Painting
Studio J
Courtyard Studios
128 Harbour St
Irvine
Ayrshire KA12 8PZ

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‘Crossing to Harris, a damp April evening’

Posted by admin on August 2nd, 2013
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‘Crossing to Harris, a damp April evening’

‘Crossing to Harris, a damp April evening’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

I’ve just finished this painting and it’s the first time I’ve tried to paint a scene based on the sea.  As you’ll probably remember, we travelled over to the Isle of Harris earlier this year for a couple of weeks of walking and relaxing.  We caught the evening ferry from Uig on the Isle of Skye and sat watching the grey waters go by while looking through the mist and spray for the isles to appear.  I’ve already completed a couple of large graphite drawings based on this scene but wanted to try and capture something of it in paint.

I’m planning on taking this piece to the framer on Monday and may well give it an airing in my forth coming exhibition at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon ….opens Tuesday 27th August and runs until Saturday 5th October.  More information about this exhibition shortly.

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‘Winter, Ben Oss’

Posted by admin on July 27th, 2013
'Winter, Ben Oss'

‘Winter, Ben Oss’

‘Winter, Ben Oss’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2007, 76 x 23 cm

I thought this painting would fit in well with my blog this week.  It was one of the early 76 x 23 cm paintings and was very much about trying to work out how to create a satisfactory composition in this rather stretched format.  I think this one worked quite well and I certainly like the colours and the combination of pastel and painted marks.

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‘From the east ridge of Beinn Lui, April’

Posted by admin on July 19th, 2013
275 'From the east ridge of Beinn Lui, April', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm

‘From the east ridge of Beinn Lui, April’,

‘From the east ridge of Beinn Lui, April’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm

This little painting, originally shown in the exhibition in March at ‘the gallery on the corner’, is one of my favourites and as such, I’ll be including it in the exhibition at Blairmore Gallery in a few weeks time. 

I often say to people that I think my best pieces are ones that are at the same time, Scottish landscape and abstract.  This little painting based on a day we had on Ben Lui, seems to me to fit this category.  Details of the Blairmore Gallery and my forthcoming exhibition can be found by following the link to the Blairmore Gallery website at the side of this page.

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‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May 2013’

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2013
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‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May 2013’

 ‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May 2013’, Graphite on paper, 2013, 80 x 80 cm

 

I’m delighted to say that this new graphite drawing has been included in this years ‘North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition’.  The exhibition preview is tonight and the show then runs for two weeks;

North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition 2013
Racquet Hall
Eglinton Country Park
Kilwinning
Ayrshire

Open to the public
Saturday 13 July – Saturday 27 July 2013
Open: 10 am – 4 pm
I hope you can get along to see this year’s exhibition.

 

Eglinton Country Park

Eglinton Country Park

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‘Low tide, Harris’

Posted by admin on July 5th, 2013
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‘Low tide, Harris’

‘Low tide, Harris’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm

Much of my work over the last ten years has been based on the walks we do up into the mountains and glens.  Indeed, many of the view points in my paintings can only be reached by walking up high and looking down.

For some time now however, I’ve wanted to do some pieces based on the Scottish coast-line but in all honesty I’ve been fighting shy of it …not quite sure how to approach the subject.  The trip over to Harris, in some ways, forced me into it.  The weather was pretty bad much of the time and we didn’t venture too high.  Instead, on several days, we explored the fabulous Harris coast-line with its amazing west coast beaches.

This small painting is based on one of the sandy inlets we stopped by on a rather damp afternoon.  I can’t remember the name of the spot but it was wonderfully quiet and very beautiful.

This painting is one of four new pieces I’ll be taking to ‘the gallery on the corner’ sometime in the next couple of weeks …..so if you live in Edinburgh or are visiting the city, why not pop along to see it.   It will be at ‘the gallery on the corner’, 34 Northumberland St, Edinburgh from Tuesday 14th July.  Details of this gallery can be found at the side of this page.

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‘Early spring, above Drumochter’

Posted by admin on June 28th, 2013

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‘Early spring, above Drumochter’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 80 x 80 cm

Having just spent almost twelve hours wandering over the four hills that lie to the west of the DrumochterPass, I thought it would be appropriate to show this painting as my Artwork of the week.

It was one of seven paintings I completed following our first visit into these hills back in 2008.  On that occasion we walked Gael-charn and A’Mharconaich in the early spring when the higher slopes still had snow and ice but lower down the snow became patchy and gave way to the first new growth of spring.  This 80 x 80 cm acrylic painting plays around with these colours and patterns and is I think one of my best larger paintings.

Still available, the piece can be viewed in my studio.  Visitors are always welcome although it’s always best to ring me first to check that I’m actually painting and not out wandering on a hill somewhere.  Tel; 07742 437425

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‘Heavy downpour, Harris, May 2013’

Posted by admin on June 21st, 2013
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‘Heavy downpour, Harris, May 2013’

‘Heavy downpour, Harris, May 2013’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30cm

This is the latest 30 x 30 cm acrylic and pastel painting to be completed.  As you probably know, we spent two weeks at the start of May staying on Harris in the Outer Hebrides and saw a lot of weather during our stay!  This small painting tries to capture a scene we saw on several occasions as we drove back through the hills towards the cottage we’d rented in Tarbert.  The hills here are not huge, but are rocky and wild, especially so when the rain and mists envelope them.  The painting is currently at my studio so if you live locally, why not pop in to see it.

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‘Sun and snow, in the Blackmount’

Posted by admin on June 15th, 2013
'Sun and snow, in the Blackmount', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm

‘Sun and snow, in the Blackmount’

‘Sun and snow, in the Blackmount’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm

This is one of the four paintings I currently have displayed at The Framework Gallery in Troon in Ayrshire.  If you live in the area and have a chance why not pop in to see it for real ….along with the other three pieces and work by many other artists.  It’s a great little gallery and you’ll always get a warm welcome.

The painting is one of several I did after we’d done what is now becoming an almost annual visit to the wee hill Ghlas Beinn, situated on the edge of Rannoch Moor.  The view across to the bigger hills of the Blackmount is very impressive and with the constant changes of light and atmosphere it always draws my attention.

I guess we’ll be heading back there again this coming December as it makes such a good short winter walk.  With very little ascent and descent it none the less gives you a real feeling of being in the wild.  I suppose we ought to go there in the summer some time and see it under different conditions …..it would certainly be interesting seeing this landscape in summer colours.

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‘In Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran’

Posted by admin on June 3rd, 2013
283 'In Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

‘In Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran’

‘In Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

This is the latest of my 76 x 23 cm paintings. It can be seen in my studio at present ….although I’m not completely sure whether it’s finished yet and I might still have a bit of work to do on it! For any one who hasn’t been to Glen Sannox, it’s a wonderful place with high rocky ridges on both sides and the dramatic peak of Cir Mhor rising above the Saddle at the end. With my sight a little worse these days, the ridges are probably now a little out of my league, but the glen is still a beautiful place to wander and I’ll definitely be making more visits.

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