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‘On Beinn Damh, Torridon’

Posted by admin on April 28th, 2016

346 'On Beinn Damh, Torridon', Acrylic & Pastel, 2015, 148 x 210 mm

‘On Beinn Damh, Torridon’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2015, 148 x 210 mm.

This small painting is one of six works I currently have showing in the Art Exposure Gallery on The Great Western Road in Glasgow.  The exhibition ends this weekend so only a couple of days to see it if you haven’t managed to get along so far.

I did this little painting after we climbed Beinn Damh several years ago.  We had hoped to get some superb views but alas the weather didn’t co-operate and for the most part we were following the compass and walking in thick cloud.  That said, we did get this one brief view of the summit but it only lasted for about five minutes at the most.  It was well worth it though and if I’m ever up in this part of the North West Highlands again, I’ll definitely be heading back up this fine mountain.

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‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’

Posted by admin on April 12th, 2016
abstract landscape painting

‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’

‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2008, 80 x 110 cm
RP: £1850,including P&P within UK

This is a painting I completed back in 2008 and one that I still have, although currently hanging on a bedroom wall at home. At the time this was for me quite a large piece and quite bold too. I did it after our first walk up Cul Mor in Assynt. I really love this mountain and this painting is a real reminder of the beautiful day we had the first time we climbed it. Stunning conditions and beautiful colours …..the sandstone was really bright that day.

If you would like to see the painting for real, just give me a couple of days notice and I can get it down to my studio.

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‘Above Loch Turret, winter’

Posted by admin on March 13th, 2016

36 'Above Loch Turret, winter', Acrylic & Pastel, 76 x 23 cm

‘Above Loch Turret, winter’, Acrylic & Pastel, 76 x 23 cm

I was looking through some of my older paintings the other day and came across this piece.  I’ve always liked this painting as it contains much that is both Scottish landscape and abstract.  It was based on some views we had several years ago when we were walking in the hills above Loch Turret on a very cold day.  Indeed, the majority of the surface of the reservoir was frozen and although the sun had thawed the snow in places, there was still plenty on the more sheltered north facing slopes of the hills.

This painting is still available at my studio…..for more information see the “Paintings for sale” section of my website.

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‘A hazy spring day, Culter Fell’

Posted by admin on March 5th, 2016

278 'A hazy spring day, Culter Fell', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

‘A hazy spring day, Culter Fell’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

Price: £900 (mounted but not framed)

 

I did this painting a couple of years ago after a very enjoyable first visit to Culter Fell in the Scottish southern uplands.   It is a wonderful area and on the spring day we were there, it was looking at its very best.  The colours were beautiful with the grass greening up a little in the glen.  Higher up there were still large areas of snow on the north facing slopes of the hill and we made a bit of a detour so that we could get close to them.  I have to say that it was a really special day and one that sticks in my memory.  We’ll no doubt visit this hill again but I can’t imagine it looking better than it did on our first trip there.

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‘Towards the Blackmount, snow, shower’

Posted by admin on February 20th, 2016

'Towards the Blackmount, snow, shower', Oil on canvas, 2015, 80 x 80 cm

‘Towards the Blackmount, snow, shower’, Oil on canvas, 2015, 80 x 80 cm

Price: £1750

This is one of the paintings I created last year following our short walk along the undulating ridge of Ghlas Bheinn.  A day of bright sunshine at times, but with heavy blustery snow showers that swept in and left a thin coating of snow on the grass.  This painting is one of the new canvases on which I used thick oil paint put down in large sweeping marks.

The painting is currently on display in my studio so do pop in sometime to see it if you live close by.  If you have far to travel however, do check first (call 07742 437425)….. just to make sure I’m in.  If the weather is good I may be out on another hill!

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‘In the glen’

Posted by admin on February 5th, 2016

29 'In the glen', Acrylic & Pastel, 45 x 48 cm, 2006, 

‘In the glen’, Acrylic & Pastel, 45 x 48 cm, 2006

 

I am going to be giving a talk about my work on Monday evening and as such I’ve spent quite a lot of time recently thinking about and looking at what I’ve done over the last ten or so years.  I thought then, that it would be interesting to show one of the pieces I did 10 years ago.

This acrylic and pastel piece, completed in 2006, was I guess more a pastel and acrylic piece as it had much more drawn pastel in it than paint.  I have to say, that I really liked this piece and it is nice to share it on this page.  I hope you like it too.

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‘Squall, on the edge of Rannoch Moor’

Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2016

355 'Squall, on the edge of Rannoch Moor', Acrylic & Pastel, 2015, 30 x 30 cm

‘Squall, on the edge of Rannoch Moor’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2015, 30 x 30 cm

Price £675

As anyone who reads my blogs will know, we walk bits of the West Highland Way quite regularly…..usually to get to or back from a hill.  I’m hoping this year to put together a series of paintings based on views from, or above this famous long distance path.  I have a number of works already completed that could be included and this painting is one of them.

It is based on a view we had as we were walking back along the WHW between Ba Cottage and the Glencoe ski centre.  We had  been walking the hills to the west of the path and were at the end of what had been a long day when we saw this heavy shower moving towards us across the edge of Rannoch Moor.

The painting is one of ten works  currently showing in the Winter Exhibition at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne.  The exhibition runs until the end of February so do call in to see it if you live in the city, or are visiting the area.  There is so much to see at The Biscuit Factory that it makes a great day out.  I hope you can get along to see this painting.

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‘From the SE slopes of Canisp’

Posted by admin on January 5th, 2016

From the SE slopes of Canisp, a wet and misty day', Oil on canvas, Work in progress

‘From the SE slopes of Canisp’, Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
Work in progress

I thought for a change that I’d make this weeks Artwork of the Week an image of a piece of work that is still in progress.

I’ve been working on this painting now for several weeks, gradually building up the layers of thick oil paint. The scene is based on a view we had back in late May when we did a fabulous circular walk up and over Canisp in NW Scotland. The weather that day was really quite wild with low cloud, rain and at times, torrential hail showers ….all interspersed with short bursts of bright sunshine. This was a point where the cloud had descended onto the summits and the weather really matched the wild rugged nature of this rock strewn landscape.

There is still quite a lot of work to be done on this piece but it is getting quite close to what I’m after. If I complete it successfully, it will be the third painting I’ve done based on this walk ….and I’m planning maybe two more.

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‘After the storm; the northern shores of Loch Lomond ‘

Posted by admin on December 18th, 2015
Loch Lomond Painting

‘After the storm; the northern shores of Loch Lomond ‘

‘After the storm; the northern shores of Loch Lomond ‘, Acrylic & Pastel, 2006, 74.5 x 20.5cm

 

This painting, created nine years ago was one of the many pieces sold for me by ‘the gallery on the corner’ in Edinburgh.   The gallery, as you may have read in my latest blog, is about to close, but I wanted to thank all the staff, trainees and volunteers at the gallery for helping to promote and sell my work so professionally.

I have always liked this painting and it was one of the first acrylic and pastel pieces I did.  As you know, I have recently been putting a lot of time and effort into developing new oil paintings on canvas and I am thinking of doing a new work based on this early Loch Lomond piece.  It will be interesting to see how the new work looks when it is completed especially as it will be larger than this, the original version.  I particularly like the colours and marks and it takes me right back to the rather scary hour we spent with Guy waiting for a big thunderstorm to pass as we were climbing the ‘Little Hills’ ridge on Ben Vorlich a good number of years ago.  Thankfully we didn’t get struck by lightening and although wet, we were witness to this amazing change of light over the loch as the storm passed.

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‘Early morning mists, Glen Falloch’,

Posted by admin on December 10th, 2015
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‘Early morning mists, Glen Falloch’

‘Early morning mists, Glen Falloch’, Acrylic & Pastel, 210mm x 148mm

RP £455

 

We were driving up through Glen Falloch a few weeks ago with the rich autumn colours and damp mists clinging to the hills and it reminded me of this painting.  I did it several years ago after a misty autumn walk on the hills above this glen and I’ve always had a liking for it.  It is currently in my studio so do call in if you fancy seeing the painting up close.

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