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‘In the Flow Country, Sutherland’

Posted by admin on June 29th, 2015
'In the Flow Country, Sutherland', Oil, 2012, 80 x 80 cm

‘In the Flow Country, Sutherland’

‘In the Flow Country, Sutherland’, Oil, 2012, 80 x 80 cm

 In the last few days I’ve started working on a couple of paintings in oil on canvas.  With all that has been going on since last summer I’ve not had a chance to work with oil, so it’s good to get back to it again.

This is one of the canvases I did a few years ago and it’s one that I’ve always liked.  As with many of the oil paintings I’ve done, I used a very large brush to create this rather abstract landscape.  The painting is currently framed and in my studio should you wish to see it up close.

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‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’

Posted by admin on June 17th, 2015

5 'The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

Price: £720

Price after 1st September, 2015: £1008

Well then, if you’ve just read my current blog you’ll see that we had some very unseasonable weather up in Assynt recently.  It wasn’t quite as wintry as this but there was snow falling on the high tops on a couple of days and it was certainly as dark and misty on many occasions.

Anyway, this painting is currently on display as part of my exhibition, “All four seasons” at the John Muir Trust Wild Space Visitor Centre in Pitlochry.  If you are travelling up or down the A9 anytime before the 29th June, do call in to see the show.

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‘From Conival, May’

Posted by admin on June 9th, 2015
'From Conival, May' Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 40 x 40 cm

‘From Conival, May’

‘From Conival, May’ Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 40 x 40 cm
Current RP £720,
Price as from 1st September 2015, £1008

I know that I’ve used this painting as my artwork of the week before, but I just had to put it on again as just last Thursday we were stood near the top of this big rocky lump of a mountain that sits to the side of Conival in Assynt.  I first saw this hill as we climbed Conival back in May 2006.  It had large areas of snow on its north east facing slopes and it looked stunning.  So much so that, over the intervening years I’ve created five different paintings of it.  This is my favourite I think.  On Thursday we reached it just as the weather was turning bad but were lucky enough to get some fine views across to Conival and Ben More Assynt before the rain started.  It’s a very wild landscape up there with masses of boulder fields that make walking in a straight line very difficult.  There are plenty of grassy, mossy leads though so you rarely have to take to the boulders.  Anyway, the painting is currently showing in my studio should you like to come and see it for real.

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‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’

Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2015
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‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’

 

 ‘Below Cul Mor, Assynt’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2008, 80 x 110 cm

 

I’ll be heading off up to the northwest of Scotland again shortly, to do a bit more walking and drawing.  I’m not quite sure which hills we’ll be heading for but I’m sure which ever ones we go to, we’ll get some stunning views.

I did this painting several years ago after our first visit to Cul Mor.  The painting is quite large and was one of my first attempts to develop the range of marks I used.  As such, it is quite a bold piece but one that I’ve always been very pleased with.   The painting is still available so if you fancy seeing it any time and can get to the studio, just let me know and I’ll make sure it’s there when you visit.

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‘From Ben Oss, winter’

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2015

'From Ben Oss, winter', Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 60 x 30 cm.jpg

‘From Ben Oss, winter’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 60 x 30 cm

This painting is currently hanging on the wall in my studio and is one that I did several years ago after a very snowy ascent of Ben Oss.  I’ve always liked this piece and feel that it really captures the moment as we stood at the summit and the snow stopped falling and the cloud began to break.  Prior to this we’d climbed the hill in driving horizontal snow and strong winds and it really wasn’t very pleasant.  The weather changed so quickly for the better once we’d reached the summit that we descended in rapidly clearing skies and in bright sunshine.  Anyway, if you’re interested in seeing this piece and live in the Ayrshire area, do call in to the studio sometime.

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‘Above Glen Coe, spring’

Posted by admin on May 6th, 2015

'Above Glen Coe, spring', Acrylic & Pastel, 2015 30 x 30 cm

‘Above Glen Coe, spring’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2015 30 x 30 cm

This is one of my latest 30 x 30 cm paintings and it is currently on show as part of my exhibition at the John Muir Trust Wild Space Visitor Centre in Pitlochry.   For more information about this exhibition see my latest blog.

The painting is based on a view we had the other spring when we walked the ridge north from the Devil’s Staircase in Glencoe.  We’d taken a mate of mine there but during the drive north and for the first hour or so of the walk; it was thick cloud and steady rain….. I don’t think he was too impressed!  Thankfully as we got higher the rain stopped and the cloud started to break off the tops.  Large patches of snow lay around the edges of the escarpment and by the time we reached the summit the cloud had lifted completely and the views across the bigger snow capped summits of the glen were amazing.

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‘Approaching Am Bodach, the Mamores’

Posted by admin on April 22nd, 2015

'Approaching Am Bodach, the Mamores', Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 30 x 30 cm.jpg

‘Approaching Am Bodach, the Mamores’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 30 x 30 cm

This small painting is currently hanging in my studio and is one of several paintings I’ve created over the last few years based on this theme.

Am Bodach, one of the fine Munros on the Mamores ridge, is a really great hill.  Nita and I have climbed it twice over the years and on this occasion we had a real mix of weather.  Despite it being well into spring, we were caught in a couple of heavy wet snow showers  that left the hill dark and brooding as we approached its steep rocky upper section.  Not that it lasted long, as by the time we’d reached the summit, the cloud was breaking all around and we sat there enjoying the views in increasingly bright sun.  One of these days I’ll try and do a painting that captures something of these brighter conditions at the top … but in the meantime you’ll have to make do with this grey sombre and rather damp view of the hill.

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‘Breaking mists, Isle of Arran’

Posted by admin on April 11th, 2015
'Breaking mists, Isle of Arran', Acrylic & Pastel, 80 x 80 cm

‘Breaking mists, Isle of Arran’

 

‘Breaking mists, Isle of Arran’, Acrylic & Pastel, 80 x 80 cm,

This painting, based on a walk we did in the Arran hills a couple of years ago, is one of three 80 x 80 cm paintings I’ll be exhibiting at the Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair this year.  My work will be with the Ailsa Gallery.   The fair is on Saturday / Sunday 25th / 26th April and previews on Friday 24th.  For more information visit: www.gcaf.co.uk .  I hope you can get along to see the paintings.  Two of my colleagues here at the Courtyard Studios in Irvine, Alison Thomas and David Reid, will also be showing work with Ailsa Gallery at the fair.

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‘Autumn hillside, above Crieff’

Posted by admin on March 28th, 2015
177 'Autumn hillside, above Crieff', Acrylic & Pastel, 2010, 76 x 23 cm.jpg

‘Autumn hillside, above Crieff’

 

 ‘Autumn hillside, above Crieff’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2010, 76 x 23 cm

I’m starting to put together a selection of paintings for my forth coming exhibition at the John Muir Trust “Wild Space” gallery in Pitlochry.  I want to include a good selection of paintings based on walks we’ve done in areas closer to Pitlochry.

This painting, based on an autumn afternoon as we descended from the hills above Crieff, is one that I may well include in the show in May and June.  The piece is currently on show in my studio should anyone want to get a preview!

Full details of the “Wild Space” exhibition coming soon.

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‘Winter, Blackmount’

Posted by admin on March 15th, 2015
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‘Winter, Blackmount’

 

 ‘Winter, Blackmount’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2010, 76 x 23 cm

If you’ve read this week’s blog you will see we were out walking on Ghlas Beinn, on the edge of Rannoch Moor last Sunday.  It’s a short walk we do most winters and so I thought I’d use this painting as my Artwork of the Week this week.  I did this picture after our first ever visit there.  The mountains on that occasion had a lot of snow on them and the conditions were quite wild……making for very dramatic views of the Blackmount.

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