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‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’

Posted by admin on July 10th, 2014
316 'Towards the Isle of Arran, winter', Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 76 x 23 cm

‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’

‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 76 x 23 cm

You’ve seen this painting before but I thought I’d use it again this week as it is one of the two pieces I have showing  in the  2014 North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition.  This annual exhibition opens on Saturday with the preview tomorrow evening and it runs for two weeks.   The exhibition always contains a large selection of work and there is usually something for everyone…..so it is well worth a visit.   Full details coming soon on my Face Book page, Keith Salmon – Scottish Landscape Artist.

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‘Below Suilvern, a wet afternoon’

Posted by admin on July 5th, 2014
1 'Below Suilvern, a wet afternoon', Work in progress

‘Below Suilvern, a wet afternoon’

‘Below Suilvern, a wet afternoon’, Acrylic & Pastel, 30 x 30 cm, (Work in progress)

This is the latest stage of the new small painting I’m doing based on a sketch I made back in May. We walked from Lochinver to the north side of the prominent peak of Suilvern and I stopped to make several small drawings of this fine hill. For the first few hours the weather had been dry but with an increasingly strong wind blowing. We walked to a point below the eastern end of the hill but as we made our way back west the weather deteriorated rapidly with driving rain and mist increasingly shrouding the hill. I worked into one of the sketches when I got back into the dry and tried to capture something of this damp and wild scene.

The painting is probably not quite finished yet but I’ll wait and see for a short while before doing any more to it. Visitors are always welcome to my studio so do call in if you’re in the area.

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Work in progress – Towards the Mamores

Posted by admin on June 29th, 2014
Work in progress, 'Towards the Mamores'

Work in progress, ‘Towards the Mamores’

One of the reasons I have always kept my studio door open to the public is that I think it important that people can see work in progress ….be it in a good state or not. This painting is one that I’ve been working on over the last week and is I guess about half way to completion ….if it ever makes it that is! You can see the way the painting is built up in layers of paint and pastel and get an idea of the rough nature of these pieces. I’ve used a magnifier to see what I’m doing on a couple of areas but generally I’m working with broad brushes in a loose manner.

The painting is about a view we had last summer as we looked out towards the Mamores and the big hills around Ben Nevis beyond. They were all partially shrouded in cloud as big rain showers came and went with bright warm sunshine in between. I’m not sure quite how this painting will turn out or the direction it will take. I’m away walking for the next couple of days so I’ll see what I make of it when I get back. This for me is the exciting part of painting ….if I knew what I was going to get before I started painting ….well.

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‘Glen Coe’

Posted by admin on June 19th, 2014
91s 'Glen Coe', Acrylic & Pastel, 2008, 20 x 32 cm

‘Glen Coe’

‘Glen Coe’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2008, 20 x 32 cm

As you may have seen on my Face Book page, Keith Salmon – Scottish Landscape Artist, I’ve been working on a couple of small paintings that have been about days when the conditions are far from clement.  I remembered this small piece I did back in 2008 after driving through Glen Coe in very misty, damp conditions……and thought it would be perfect for this week’s page.  As I write however, the sun is bright outside and it’s been the finest weather of the summer so far for the last few days.  Of course, I’ve been really busy this week and with Nita working night shifts again for the next few days we’ve not managed to get out in the hills.  Fingers crossed that the fine weather holds for next week ….we’re hoping to go somewhere with the tent and make the most of these wonderful long June days.

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‘From the summit of Ben Vrackie’

Posted by admin on June 14th, 2014
127 'From the summit of Ben Vrackie', Acrylic & Pastel, 2009, 60 x 30 cm

‘From the summit of Ben Vrackie’

‘From the summit of Ben Vrackie’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2009, 60 x 30 cm

With our walks starting to take us further east this summer, I thought I’d try and select something for the Artwork of the week that matched.  I chose this piece which I’ve always liked and although it’s not as east as Glen Shee, it’s certainly heading that way!  This painting, based on a view we had from the summit of Ben Vrackie, looks north towards I guess, the Beinn a’ Ghlo hills.

As you know, I’ll be holding an exhibition of work at the John Muir Trust Wild Space in Pitlochry next May / June and I think I’ll have to try and create another painting based on this fine hill before then…..we’ll just have to go back and walk up it again …..It’s a tough job, but….!

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‘Below Goat Fell, winter’

Posted by admin on June 6th, 2014
3 'Below Goat Fell, winter', Graphite pencil on paper, 2013, 125 x 80 cm

‘Below Goat Fell, winter’

 ‘Below Goat Fell, winter’, Graphite pencil on paper, 2013, 125 x 80 cm

We’re heading over to the Isle of Arran and Glen Rosa again tomorrow.  I need to walk up to the head of the glen to do some more sketching and to take some more photos as preparation for my big drawing project in November and December this year.  I am starting to get quite a good idea now as to how to go about this big piece of work and tomorrows visit to the glen will hopefully give me all the information I need.   That said, the forecast is a little ‘iffy’ so if the cloud is right down we may have to make another visit later in the summer.

Anyway, this got me thinking about the work I’d already done on Glen Rosa and I thought I’d use this drawing as my ‘artwork of the week’.  This is one of several I’ve created as trial pieces for the big drawing ….this is approximately 125 x 80 cm and is currently at the studio …rolled up.  Should you like to see it up close however …do pop into the studio.

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‘On Rannoch Moor’

Posted by admin on May 30th, 2014
203 'On Rannoch Moor', Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 76 x 23 cm

‘On Rannoch Moor’

 ‘On Rannoch Moor’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 76 x 23 cm

We had wonderful views out over Rannoch Moor last Saturday as we were driving home after our holiday in Assynt.  I could have happily stopped and gone for a wander but time was pressing and we still had a couple of hours to drive.  Even so, it’s great to know this wonderful landscape is so close to us and that we can get to see it and explore it whenever we have a day free.  We’re hoping to get up to this area again soon as there are a number of hills we would like to visit while the long summer daylight is available. …..hopefully this will lead to some new paintings. 

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‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May’

Posted by admin on May 10th, 2014
304 ' Snow, rock and water, Harris, May', Graphite on paper, 2013, 70 x 70 cm

‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May’

 

‘Snow, rock and water, Harris, May’, Graphite on paper, 2013, 70 x 70 cm

I did this graphite drawing last year after our visit to the Isle of Harris. As the title of the drawing implies, the weather during our stay on the island was somewhat inclement…..mainly rain and gales, topped up with snow one day and some sun. It certainly made the streams very active and the idea for this drawing came after watching a stream full of melt water, tumble over a rocky outcrop. The patterns of the white water against the rock looked very similar to the patches of melting snow on the hills behind. I really liked this scene but hope that we’ll have a little less of the wet stuff when we head up to Assynt later in the month!

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‘From Conival, May’

Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2014
297 'From Conival, May' Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 40 x 40 cm

‘From Conival, May’

‘From Conival, May’ Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 40 x 40 cm

This painting has been in my mind this week as I’m using the image of it for an advert I’m placing in the 2014 Ayrshire & Arran Visitor Guide.   I think this is quite a strong painting and it is definitely a bold image.  Of course, it’s based on a view we had a number of years ago when we walked Conival in Assynt and I’m already thinking that a return visit to this fine peak, might be good when we go back to Assynt again in a few weeks time.

Anyway, I hope you like this piece.  It’s currently away but should be back in the studio by the end of the month.

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‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’

Posted by admin on April 25th, 2014
316 'Towards the Isle of Arran, winter', Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 76 x 23 cm

‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’

‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 76 x 23 cm

I finished this painting about a month ago and yesterday my partner Anita put it into a frame.  It’s always good seeing something finally framed and up on the wall and I’m quite pleased with this piece.

I’ve been asked so many times over the years whether I’d painted the view across the water to Arran, but in the past had always been interested in view points that were up in the hills.  I finally gave in to demand and this is what I came up with.  It’s the kind of view I get when I look towards the Isle of Arran from the mouth of the River Irvine near to my studio ….but looking through my monocular.

As I say, the painting is now up on my studio wall and can be viewed any time I’m working there.  As it’s the 2014 Open Studio Ayrshire event this weekend (Sat / Sun 26 / 27th April) why not call in to see it as part of your studio trail this weekend?  There are 47 venues open throughout Ayrshire ….more details: www.openstudiosayrshire.com

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