Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Scottish Landscape Art - Scottish Landscape Paintings Fine Abstract Scottish Landscape Art by Keith Salmon ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Latest Blogs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/latest-blog/) - [Autumn 2025. Art and life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-2025-art-and-life-update/) - Canisp Canisp, as anyone who has followed this blog over the years will know, is one of my favourite hills in Assynt. Since our first exploratory venture onto this hill almost 20 years ago, we have visited it on four further occasions. We have however only reached the summit on one occasion, back in the - [Spring / Summer 2025. Art, Life & Eyes!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-summer-2025-art-life-eyes/) - It has been a very strange six months since I wrote my last blog, (autumn / winter 2024). I’ve only managed to complete three paintings in that time and this was due to a very rapid deterioration in my little bit of sight. As you probably know, I’ve been visually impaired since 1990 and registered - [Autumn and winter 2024 – Art and Life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-and-winter-2024-art-and-life-update/) - New work I’ve had quite a busy time since the spring and early summer and have completed a number of new paintings and drawings. After spending the best part of 2 years working on the large oil paintings for the Scottish Maritime Museum exhibition last year, it has been really nice doing the smaller acrylic - [Spring / Summer 2024 - Art and Life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-summer-2024-art-and-life-update/) - Since my last blog I’ve been pretty busy both painting and walking. Indeed, I’ve completed several new paintings during this time, as well as two holidays up in the north west of Scotland too! I justify the trips north by using them to fuel new work and in fact my most recent piece, 484 'A - [Winter / Spring update 2024](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-spring-update-2024/) - Keith Salmon presents new artwork marking the beginning of 2024 after his succesful exhibition at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine. - [PRESS RELEASE: ‘Painting with Sound – Short Walks along the West Coast of Scotland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/press-release-painting-with-sound-short-walks-along-the-west-coast-of-scotland/) - INNOVATIVE ARTISTIC COLLABORATION BRINGS SCOTTISH LANDSCAPES TO LIFE IN A NEW AUDIO VISUAL EXHIBITION AT THE SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM ‘Painting with Sound – Short Walks along the West Coast of Scotland’ Saturday 14 October – 21 January 2024 A new audio visual exhibition opening at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside on Saturday 14 - [Spring / Summer 2023 - Latest Life & Exhibitions Update !](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-summer-2023-latest-life-exhibitions-update-2/) - Walking and working …..but getting there I finished my last blog by saying that there was an awful lot of work to do …….and this is my excuse for not writing another Life & Exhibitions Update - until now! That said, it has not all been work. After several years when we have failed to - [Autumn & Winter 2022 - Art & Life - Pleased to report a real success!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-winter-2022-2023-art-life-update/) - The story so far! In my last blog I talked about the forthcoming exhibition of Painting with Sound that Graham, Drew and I were holding at the Barony Centre in West Kilbride between 29th Sept and 22nd October 2022. I’m really pleased to report that it all went very well and although I’m not usually - [Summer and Autumn 2022: Art & Life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/summer-autumn-2022/) - Keith provides an update on his sight and his cataract operation as well as his coming exhibition for summer and fall 2022 and most recent paintings. - [February Report 2018: Kylesku Project & "Painting with Sound" Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/february-report-2018/) - February Report 2018: Kylesku Project & "Painting with Sound" Exhibition - [Winter/Spring 2022: Art & Life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-spring-art-life-update-2022/) - I’ve just read through my last blog, Autumn / Winter update 2021 and I notice that I ended it by saying that with the latest variant of Covid appearing, ……who knew what would be happening in 2022. Well then, I’m currently sat at home self-isolating after testing positive for Covid last Sunday 5th March. Thankfully - [Adapting once again. A blog by an artist with a visual impairment ….not a "blind artist"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/adapting-once-again-a-blog-by-an-artist-with-a-visual-impairment-not-a-blind-artist/) - Adapting once again. A blog by an artist with a visual impairment ….not a “blind artist” - [A quick update from Studio J](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-quick-update-from-studio-j/) - about a year ago I was asked whether I was interested in being included in a arts documentary commissioned by BBC 4. In short, a few days ago I was told that the programme, called “Disordered Eye”, will be transmitted on BBC 4. - [All looking good! – Spring 2021](https://www.keithsalmon.org/all-looking-good-spring-2021/) - Hi there from a decidedly cool and blustery Irvine Harbourside. I’ve just arrived here at my studio and it looks quite dramatic outside with heavy dark shower clouds rushing in over the Firth of Clyde and the mountains of Arran snow covered and looking very wintery. There are a few bursts of sunshine and patches - [Summer 2021 – a brief update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/summer-2021-a-brief-update/) - We were out walking in the hills near Crianlarich a few days ago and there was a decided chill in the air. It’s only the middle of August, but in that chill was the first hint of autumn maybe? This summer is rushing by and if I don’t get this written soon, I’ll have to - [An autumn / winter update 2021](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-autumn-winter-update-2021/) - So then it has been another slightly strange few months. My sight, which has been very bad for many years, has deteriorated further in recent times and as such, even the easier tasks and walks have become somewhat more problematic. We’ve still been getting out walking, but not doing some of the more challenging mountain - [Spring and summer 2020](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-and-summer-2020/) - Update on changes at the studio, latest working vacation and new exhibitions dates for landscape and sound art exhibitions. - [Autumn Report - 2018](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-report-2018/) - Keith Salmon UK Exhibitions 2018 - [Autumn Report - 2017](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-report/) - A complete update on Keith's exhibitions, plans and progress over the last few months ans an update on Keith latest works that form part of his project on Canisp and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. - [Summer Update - 2017](https://www.keithsalmon.org/summer-update-2017/) - Keith provides an update on his last exhibition, on his latest exhibition and on his latest artworks available. - [The Oregon Project in Edinburgh !](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-oregon-project-in-edinburgh/) - The Oregon Project was first exhibited at the 9e2 Art, Science and Technology exhibition in Seattle in October 2016. The work will soon be present in Scotland at the Tent Gallery, Edinburgh. - [Happy New Year! - A short review of the last few months](https://www.keithsalmon.org/happy-new-year-a-short-review-of-the-last-few-months/) - A large part of 2016 was, for me, taken up with The Oregon Project. This is the large audio visual piece of work I did in collaboration with Microsoft researcher Neel Joshi, Ayrshire sound engineer, Graham Byron, and independent Seattle based film maker, Dan Thornton. - [‘A late December afternoon, Glen Lyon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-late-december-afternoon-glen-lyon/) - ‘A late December afternoon, Glen Lyon’, Oil on canvas, 2016, 80 x 80 cm Over the last few years I’ve gradually been developing my use of traditional oil colours. and this is one of my most recent paintings. - [Update!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/update/) - An experimental sound art exhibition, created in collaboration with Microsft Kinect team and documented by Dan Thornton will show at the 9e2 in Seattle, October 2016. - ['Evening light. On Cul Mor, Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/evening-light-on-cul-mor-assynt-2/) - This is a painting I did they other year after a great walk up Cul Mor ...... it brings back memories of what was a fabulous spring day in the Scottish mountains. - ['Towards the Bridge of Orchy from the West Highland Way, October'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-bridge-of-orchy-from-the-west-highland-way-october/) - The painting is based on a view we had as we returned from a walk on Ben Inverveigh and shows the Bridge of Orchy Hills bathed briefly in late afternoon sun. - [It’s that time of year again.... Courtyard Studios Open Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/courtyard-studios-open-weekend/) - I’ve been trying to decide how to organise the space for our forthcoming Open Studios Weekend this Saturday and Sunday 1st / 2nd October. - [Phew!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/9e2-seattle/) - Information on 9e2 Seattle Microsoft sound art project and update on changes to blog. - ['Below Suilven, a wet spring afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-suilven-a-wet-spring-afternoon/) - 'Below Suilven, a wet spring afternoon', Acrylic & Pastel, 2016, 30 x 30 cm I completed this small painting several months ago but after what has been an exceedingly busy summer, only managed to get it into a frame quite recently. Anyway, it is now framed and hanging on the wall in my studio..... - ['From Bidean a' Ghlas Thuill, An Teallach'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-bidean-a-ghlas-thuill-an-teallach/) - Abstract Landscape Art Commissions: 'From Bidean a' Ghlas Thuill, An Teallach' - [A long overdue update!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-long-overdue-update/) - Latest update on Oregon artworks, sound recordings and art for Seattle/Microsoft art project and and developments for speaking engagements . - [Seattle / Oregon drawing project – a quick update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/seattle-oregon-drawing-project-a-quick-update/) - Update on the Microsoft Art Project for Seattle and Oregon - ['Below Shalloch on Minnoch'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-shalloch-on-minnoch-2/) - This was the first time I had visited this part of Ayrshire and I was amazed at quite how rough and wild the terrain was around Shalloch on Minnoch. - ['Approaching snow shower, Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-snow-shower-rannoch-moor/) - I completed this painting last year after a fabulous little winter walk on Ghlas Bheinn on the edge of Rannoch Moor. It was a day of short heavy snow showers interspersed with brief bursts of bright sunshine. - [Ghlas Bheinn – what a difference a few months make!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ghlas-bheinn-what-a-difference-a-few-months-make/) - Keith and Nita meet with a surprise on the West Highland Way and end up at Ghlas Bheinn as they join their friends from Germany on their vacation in Scotland. - [A long hot day in the Blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-long-hot-day-in-the-blackmount/) - It was idyllic however and so incredibly quiet and peaceful on the West Highland Way ….….no human sounds at all. Then Nita let out a yelp... - [Exciting new hotel gallery in Troon, Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/exciting-new-hotel-gallery-in-troon-ayrshire/) - I was recently asked to exhibit one of my abstract landscape paintings at the prestigious Lochgreen House Hotel gallery which overlooks beautiful gardens. - ['Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran. An April afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glen-rosa-isle-of-arran-an-april-afternoon/) - The painting is also a reminder to me that we haven’t been over to the Isle of Arran so far this year and are long over-due a visit. If you haven’t walked up Glen Rosa then I would strongly recommend it. The path up the glen is well maintained and makes for fabulous walking. The final climb up to The Saddle is great with spectacular views across into Glen Sannox.... although it does involve crossing the river at the head of the glen ....not normally a problem except after heavy rain. - [Art and landscape – a short trip to the American North West](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-and-landscape-a-short-trip-to-the-american-north-west/) - Ayrshire based artist Keith Salmon updates us on his exploratory trip to Oregon and Washington State as part of his work on a Microsoft supported art and sound project for 9e2 Seattle 2016. - ['From Creag MacRanaich, the Lawers group'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-creag-macranaich-the-lawers-group/) - The painting was based on a view we had looking towards the Ben Lawers group of hills that rise to the north of Loch Tay. We had been climbing a smaller hill to the south on a cold frosty winter day and as we reached the summit of our hill we had this amazing view over to the bigger snow topped peaks. Sitting just above their tops was a line of heavy dark brooding cloud and it made for quite a dramatic scene. - ['Approaching Am Bodach, the Mamores'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-am-bodach-the-mamores-2/) - This painting is based on a view we had on a fabulous walk in the Mamores a few years back. Am Bodach is a really fine peak and although we didn’t see much as we approached it as we were engulfed in a heavy shower of sleet and wet snow, by the time we reached its rocky summit the bad weather had passed through and we had amazing views down the length of Loch Leven to the sea out in the west. - ['Late December afternoon, above Wanlockhead'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/late-december-afternoon-above-wanlockhead-2/) - The piece was based on a view I had during a walk with our local mountaineering club Air Na Creagan on a beautiful late December afternoon in the hills near Wanlockhead. The low afternoon sun was creating some wonderful colours and deep shadows as we looked across and into a small steep sided glen. - [Drawing from the past](https://www.keithsalmon.org/drawing-from-the-past/) - An old drawing from the past turns up in Keith's inbox....but is it his? Read on to find out! - ['On Beinn Damh, Torridon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-beinn-damh-torridon-2/) - 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. - [An art and science collaboration in Seattle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-art-and-science-collaboration-in-seattle/) - Keith will collaborate on a Microsoft sound and vision art project and all is arranged for him and Nita to fly out to Seattle in a few weeks time. - ['Below Cul Mor, Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-cul-mor-assynt-3/) - 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. - [A day exploring Beinn Toaig in the Blackmount, West Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-day-exploring-beinn-toaig-in-the-blackmount-west-highlands/) - After a couple of kilometres on the WHW we turned off and made our way across the edge of the moorland, heading for the lower end of the broad ridge leading from the summit of Beinn Toaig. I can’t quite say how wonderful it was to be out here with the mountains all around and the huge space of Rannoch Moor stretching out below us. Wow! - ['Above Loch Turret, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-loch-turret-winter/) - 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. - [A perfect spring walk - the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-perfect-spring-walk-the-pentland-hills-near-edinburgh/) - We are finally starting to get out walking more regularly again and on Monday we drove over to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. These small hills make an excellent walk without being a major expedition. - ['A hazy spring day, Culter Fell'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-hazy-spring-day-culter-fell-2/) - 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. - [From spring to winter in just a few metres – the Ochil Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-spring-to-winter-in-just-a-few-metres-the-ochil-hills/) - We had a fabulous day last weekend walking up in the Ochil Hills near Stirling. We visit these hills most years at some point and they make a great short winter day ....as we experienced on Saturday. - ['Towards the Blackmount, snow, shower'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-blackmount-snow-shower/) - 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. - [A very short walk on the West Highland Way](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-very-short-walk-on-the-west-highland-way/) - Keith turns into a grumpy old man walking the West Highland Way....find out why ! - [A sound plan – my new Loch Lomond National Park drawing project ...... and more?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-sound-plan-my-new-loch-lomond-national-park-drawing-project-and-more/) - The Luss hills of Beinn Dubh and Mid Hill are situated on the edge of Loch Lomond National Park and are a favourite haunt of Keith Salmon´s when he goes hill walking. They will be included in a new art project he is undertaking. - ['In the glen'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-the-glen/) - 'In the glen' is an acclaimed piece of abstract scottish landscape art created by Keith Salmon. - ['Squall, on the edge of Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/squall-on-the-edge-of-rannoch-moor-2/) - This painting is based on a view we had as we were walking back along the WHW between Ba Cottage and the Glencoe ski centre just off Rannoch Moor. - [A snowy Saturday in the Southern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-snowy-saturday-in-the-southern-highlands/) - Keith records the sound of snowflakes in Cononish Glen on the West Highland Way. - [Canisp, NW Highlands, 3 paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/canisp-nw-highlands-3-paintings/) - The first image in this blog is a drawing and shows two of the most well known of the Assynt mountains...... Canisp on the left and Suilven on the right. - [‘From the SE slopes of Canisp’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-se-slopes-of-canisp/) - This scottish landscape painting 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. - [A wander around town](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-wander-around-irvine-new-town-town/) - Keith & Nita take a walk around Irvine New Town Trail covering local wetlands and Eglinton Country Park.. - ['After the storm; the northern shores of Loch Lomond '](https://www.keithsalmon.org/after-the-storm-the-northern-shores-of-loch-lomond/) - I have always liked this painting and it was one of the first acrylic and pastel pieces I did and I am thinking of doing a new work based on this early Loch Lomond piece in oil. - [A sad bit of news ……’the gallery on the corner’ to close](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-sad-bit-of-news-the-gallery-on-the-corner-to-close/) - Yesterday evening Nita and I travelled through to Edinburgh to attend what was the final event at ‘the gallery on the corner’. - [West Highland Way Work - a plan for the future](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-highland-way-work-a-plan-for-the-future/) - Keith talks about a new art project based on the West Highland Way, one of Scotland's most famous hill walking trails. - ['Early morning mists, Glen Falloch',](https://www.keithsalmon.org/early-morning-mists-glen-falloch/) - Driving through Glen Falloch a few weeks ago with the rich autumn colours and damp mists clinging to the hills reminded me of this painting I did several years ago after a misty autumn walk on the hills above this glen. - ['From Ghlas Bheinn, Rannoch Moor, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ghlas-bheinn-rannoch-moor-winter/) - Art Exposure Gallery in Glasgow´s Great Western Road has an exhibition of some of my work including 'From Ghlas Bheinn, Rannoch Moor, winter' - [Festive show time .... a brief guide to where to see my work in the run-up to Christmas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/festive-show-time-a-brief-guide-to-where-to-see-my-work-in-the-run-up-to-christmas/) - Where you can see my scottish abstract landscape paintings in the UK in the run up to Christmas. - [An interesting week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-interesting-week-2/) - Finally, after almost three weeks of dark, wet and very windy weather here in Irvine, today has turned out bright and sunny and cold. It’s really beautiful here on the Harbour-side this morning and it makes for a good end to what has been a very good and interesting week. My working week actually started - ['Passing snow shower, on the slopes of Ben Loyal'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/passing-snow-shower-on-the-slopes-of-ben-loyal/) - This painting is one of the pieces I currently have showing at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne as part of their four month long “Winter Exhibition”. The painting is one of several I did following two walks on Ben Loyal a couple of years ago. - [Working with big paint brushes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/working-with-big-paint-brushes/) - Working with big horse hair paint brushes to create abstract landscape paintings. - ['Winter afternoon, Beinn Dorain'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-afternoon-beinn-dorain/) - I did the painting after a fabulous winter walk up Beinn Dorain near the Bridge of Orchy. This view looks from its false summit across the wee ridge to the summit proper. It was a cold and clear day with large patches of icy snow lying around. - ['Above Glen Coe, spring'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-glen-coe-spring-2/) - You’ve seen this painting before on this page, but I just wanted to say that it is now on display along with a couple of other pieces, at The Waverley Gallery in Prestwick. This is where I get all my framing done and I would thoroughly recommend them. - [Light and subtle sounds .......back on the hill again](https://www.keithsalmon.org/light-and-subtle-sounds-back-on-the-hill-again/) - Ben Inverveigh rises between Glen Orchy and Loch Tulla. Being unclassified it, tends to be less frequented by other walkers.Though not a Munro or Corbett or Graham it is a perfect place to record sound! - ['Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-shower-below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui-3/) - This painting, worked in acrylic and pastel, was created a few years ago after an exhilarating winter day climbing this hill. The painting has gone through three different stages since I first did it and it is now finally fully finished. - [A trip to The Biscuit Factory](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-trip-to-the-biscuit-factory/) - Keith talks about setting up his forthcoming winter exhibition at the Biscuit Factory Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and of his meeting an old friend, sculptor Keith Barrett. - ['Squall, on the edge of Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/squall-on-the-edge-of-rannoch-moor/) - This piece captures well the memories I have of the very showery spring day we had the other year walking near the edge of Rannoch Moor. It was a day of bright sun and beautiful colours ....followed by dark skies and a soaking! It certainly made for dramatic views.... - [Isle of Arran Distillery exhibition – 3 weeks to go....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/isle-of-arran-distillery-exhibition-3-weeks-to-go/) - We were preparing for our annual Open Studios Weekend and our “21 Years” group exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre. The exhibition preview was last Friday 2nd October and we had a very enjoyable and busy evening. It was the first time for many years that the artists here at the WASPS Courtyard Studios have held an exhibition together and I’m delighted to say that it’s a “good’n”. - ['Towards the Blackmount, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-blackmount-winter-2/) - This painting, done in thick over-lapping brush strokes in traditional oil colour, is based on views we’ve seen while walking the hills around Blackmount. On this scale the painting tends towards the abstract but hopefully conveys much of the drama, colour and atmosphere of this Wild Mountain and moor-land landscape. - [Coming soon: Open Studios Weekend - “21 Years” Courtyard Studios Group Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/coming-soon-open-studios-weekend-21-years-courtyard-studios-group-exhibition/) - Yes, that’s right, the Courtyard Studios have actually been in existence for 21 years and some of the artists have been here almost from the start. To celebrate, we are holding a group exhibition at the neighbouring Harbour Arts Centre to coincide with the Open studios Weekend. The exhibition will preview on the evening of Friday 2nd October 2015 and will run for three weeks. During the Open Weekend several of the Courtyard artists will be running workshops or talks at the HAC. So then, it should be a great weekend with lots to see and do and with plenty of great places close by to get food and refreshments, make Irvine Harbour side your place to visit on the weekend of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October 2015. - [Refuelling!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/refuelling/) - We’ve been here many times before and this really is one of my favourite places in the Southern Highlands. It is so unexpected and despite this being a Corbett it is a rarely visited spot. - [Full circle, Glen Rosa to Lochranza](https://www.keithsalmon.org/full-circle-glen-rosa-to-lochranza/) - Keith provides insight into the work that often lies behind an art project: Glen Rosa Drawing Project and documentary. - [10 hours of quiet after 2 weeks of running around!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/10-hours-of-quiet-after-2-weeks-of-running-around/) - Update on latest exhibitions, documentary and funding campaign, Open Weekend, North Ayrshire Glen Rosa Project and most recent highland hillwalk into Glen Coe. - ['From above Cononish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-above-cononish-2/) - This is one of the paintings I’ll be showing in my “Highland walks” exhibition at “the gallery on the corner” in Edinburgh, from August 7th - August 29th 2015. - [Selection Time](https://www.keithsalmon.org/selection-time/) - There is just a week to go until I deliver the paintings to “the gallery on the corner” in Edinburgh, ready for my exhibition, “Highland walks” which opens on Friday 7th August. This of course means that I’m currently in panic mode! - ['On Beinn Damh, Torridon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-beinn-damh-torridon/) - Over the years, we’ve walked many a hill in thick mist and seen little or nothing from the top. Our walk up Beinn Damh the other year was just such a case. This small painting is based on the only view we had and it didn’t last long before the mists closed in around us again. Beinn Damh is a wonderful peak that rises at the head of Loch Torridon and the views should have been spectacular. - [A quick dash to the top of Beinn Ime and back!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-quick-dash-to-the-top-of-beinn-ime-and-back/) - We haven’t actually walked the path up past The Cobbler and Beinn Narnain to Beinn Ime for probably four years and it was amazing to see how much the lower sections of the path had changed in this time. What had been saplings have grown and the big views you used to have out over Loch Long, have for the most part, been hidden behind foliage. What you lose on the bigger scale however, you make up on the smaller scale. - [“A January evening in the North Ayrshire hills”](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-january-evening-in-the-north-ayrshire-hills/) - This new painting is based on a very cold early evening back in January a few years ago. I’d been walking on the hills behind Largs in North Ayrshire...... - [North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition 2015](https://www.keithsalmon.org/north-ayrshire-open-art-exhibition-2015/) - The North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition preview is tomorrow evening 10th July starting at 7.30 pm and it takes place at the Racquet Hall in Eglinton Country Park, Kilwinning. The exhibition then runs for two weeks. Being an open exhibition with over 100 works on display, there is always something for everyone and it makes for an enjoyable visit.....especially so if you add on a wander through the beautiful surrounding parkland while you’re there. - ['In the Flow Country, Sutherland'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-the-flow-country-sutherland/) - 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. - [Revisiting Beinn Bhreac](https://www.keithsalmon.org/revisiting-beinn-bhreac/) - Yesterday, with the forecast looking fine, we went back to Glen Douglas, only this time, to walk Beinn Bhreac and to explore it and its neighbour Ben Reoch. - [Diary of a trip to Assynt - week 2](https://www.keithsalmon.org/diary-of-a-trip-to-assynt-week-2/) - This middle Saturday of our holiday saw us packing up, cleaning the cottage and moving a few miles south to the beautiful sandy bay of Achmelvich where we’d booked a caravan for our second week. - ['The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-saddle-from-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran-march-3/) - 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. - ['From Conival, May'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-conival-may-3/) - 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. - [Diary of a trip to Assynt – week 1](https://www.keithsalmon.org/diary-of-a-trip-to-assynt-week-1/) - Keith and Anita on their first week in Assynt visit the Old Man of Storr and have a walk on Canisp. - [Blog...no blog!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/blog-no-blog/) - We're away up in Assynt and I'll be writing about the trip next week. In the meantime, here are a couple of snaps taken on a wild walk on Canisp. - [Line and Sound](https://www.keithsalmon.org/line-and-sound/) - I’m taking a short break from the studio soon to visit some of the quieter more remote parts of northwest Scotland. It will be as usual, a chance for me to get out into the wild and to walk some of the rugged and very dramatic hills, mountains and coastlines in the region. - ['Below Cul Mor, Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-cul-mor-assynt-2/) - I did this Scottish landscape 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. - ['From Ben Oss, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ben-oss-winter/) - 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. So if you’re interested in seeing this piece and live in the Ayrshire area, do call in to the studio sometime. - [West Lomond – in the sunny east!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-lomond-in-the-sunny-east/) - The Bonnet Stone, is a crazy natural sandstone sculpture that sits low down amidst grassy fields full of sheep and their lambs. - ['Above Glen Coe, spring'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-glen-coe-spring/) - 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. - [“All four seasons” - Exhibition at John Muir Trust Wild Space Visitor Centre, Pitlochry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/all-four-seasons-exhibition-at-john-muir-trust-wild-space-visitor-centre-pitlochry/) - The paintings in this Keith Salmon exhibition cover all four seasons and the scenes vary from the Western Highlands and Islands to works created after trips to the Cairngorms, Lochnagar and the Drumochter Hills last year. - ['Approaching Am Bodach, the Mamores'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-am-bodach-the-mamores/) - 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. - [Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair 2015 – www.gcaf.co.uk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glasgow-contemporary-art-fair-2015/) - A few months ago I was contacted by a new gallery called the “Ailsa Gallery” and asked if I’d like to exhibit some work with them on their stand at the new Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair. - ['Breaking mists, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/breaking-mists-isle-of-arran-2/) - 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. - [A big little hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-big-little-hill/) - I got out my copy of Andrew Dempster’s “The Grahams” and had a look to see if there were any Grahams we’d over looked in the Loch Lomond area. To my surprise I found Cruinn a’ Bheinn which I’d completely forgotten about since our trip around Ben Lomond and which I’d never even suspected was a Graham! - ['Autumn hillside, above Crieff'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-hillside-above-crieff/) - 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! - [Just another couple of days in the office!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/just-another-couple-of-days-in-the-office/) - A week ago, Nita and I were sat on the side of Beinn Dubh eating our lunch and peering through very dense haze out over Glen Douglas towards Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond. - ['Winter, Blackmount'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-blackmount-2/) - 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. - [A short walk, but very, very good](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-short-walk-but-very-very-good/) - The wee top of Ghlas Beinn on the edge of Rannoch Moor isn’t a major hill, it isn’t even a Graham and it could and I’m sure does, get over looked by many a hill walker. That said however, it is a superb little top and as they say.....it’s all about location, location, location. - ['Heavy down pour, Harris, May 2013'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/heavy-down-pour-harris-may-2013/) - I happen to like this piece a lot myself as it reminds me of our fabulous, if very wet two weeks on the Isle of Harris a couple of years ago. We’re heading back up to Assynt again this year but we’ll definitely be back over to Harris before long.....it’s an amazing place. - [Blog 250 staggering at times, but not quite out!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/blog-250-staggering-at-times-but-not-quite-out/) - I can’t quite believe I’ve written 250 of these blogs! My first blog, posted on 3rd March 2009, talked about the exhibition I’d just had at Great Glen House in Inverness. - ['Early evening, below Canisp'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/early-evening-below-canisp/) - We’ve been looking for places to stay for our walking holiday this year. Still very drawn to Assynt although whether we’ll be able to find anywhere to stay at this late stage is debatable ....we left it a little late for booking anywhere. If we do get up to Assynt, I’m hoping to get back to the summit of Canisp again. Nita and I climbed it several years ago on a beautiful fine spring day. - [A question of price](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-question-of-price/) - I have to say; that I haven’t really been looking forward to writing this blog, but it’s something that has to be done I’m afraid. It is, as the title says, a question of price, or should I say, a question of increasing the price of my work. Ever since starting to work professionally back - [“Listening to Arran”, or “Us humans are very noisy you know”](https://www.keithsalmon.org/listening-to-arran-or-us-humans-are-very-noisy-you-know/) - ... at one point in the grounds of Brodick castle I thought I’d try record the sound of a very small stream of water that was trickling over some rocks. No sooner had I started the recording than a fishing boat out in the bay, fired up its marine diesel, a vehicle came along the road behind us and a plane flew overhead on its way to Prestwick airport .....and I started swearing! We humans are very noisy! - ['On Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-rannoch-moor-2/) - Weather permitting; we’re hoping to get back to Rannoch Moor one day next week. I created this a few years ago after a walk there one winter day. The colours always seem to be very special and the views are immense. We’ll have to wait and see how much snow is up there.....it could be a very different view this time. - [93 days without a walk in the hills ....not that I was counting or anything!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/93-days-without-a-walk-in-the-hills-not-that-i-was-counting-or-anything/) - Well then, yesterday saw Nita and I back out walking amongst the hills again.....after 93 days. We’d hoped to get out last week when the weather was reasonable, but work commitments put an end to that and so we decided that we’d get out on Sunday despite the poor weather forecast. After such a long - ['From the east ridge of Ben Lui, April afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui-april-afternoon/) - I created this painting a few yeas ago after we had a very memorable day in the snow on Ben Lui. - [Getting back to normal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-back-to-normal/) - Beinn Odhar, John Muir Trust, ‘Wild Space’, Pitlochry, the Harbour Arts Centre, exhibition, Glen Rosa drawing project, Dan Thornton, Cindy Apple, Seattle, Sao Paulo, Brazil - ['From above Cononish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-above-cononish/) - A walk through Cononish Glen or over any of the fine peaks that rise all around it, offers spectacular views in almost any conditions. I created this painting a few years ago after a fabulous walk up Beinn Chuirn. - [“In Sun, snow, mist and rain”, a final view](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-sun-snow-mist-and-rain-a-final-view/) - My current exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre here in Irvine, ends on Friday January 9th and as you probably know, it has been an exhibition of paintings along with the creation of a new large graphite drawing. - [An invitation . . .](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-invitation/) - The drawing will be in the HAC gallery until the end of the exhibition on January 9th. If you haven’t already seen it, do call in some time or accept this invitation to the exhibition “End view” on the evening of 8th January, 7pm – 9pm .....It should be a good event and it would be great to see as many of you there as possible. - [Ahead of schedule](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ahead-of-schedule/) - Last Wednesday afternoon at about half past four I stood back from the big Glen Rosa drawing and decided that it was probably finished. When I planned the project, all I knew was that I’d have around 35 days in which to complete it. To be honest I really wasn’t sure that it would be enough time but there was really no way of knowing. - [The First Week: Glen Rosa Drawing Project - Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-first-week-glen-rosa-drawing-project-harbour-arts-centre-irvine/) - Keith explains the process of creating his art as is is recorded in time lapse and available on Youtube for this large scale drawing project at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine, Scotland. - ['A damp morning, Buachaille Etive Beag, Glen Coe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-damp-morning-buachaille-etive-beag-glen-coe-2/) - The painting is based on a damp misty morning as we drove north through Glen Coe towards Loch Leven and the Mamores. It was such a beautiful view with the mists breaking around this wonderful peak, that I asked Nita to stop so that I could just look and then take several photos. I rarely paint this kind of view but in this case made an exception ... - [Finally, back blogging again!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/finally-back-blogging-again/) - “In sun, snow mist and rain” An exhibition and drawing project by Keith Salmon Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. 28th November 2014 – 9th January 2015 - ['Towards the Blackmount, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-blackmount-winter/) - This painting is based on an earlier smaller piece I did several years ago. I wanted to try and develop the image in this larger painting and have used thick layers of oil paint put down with a large course brush to build up the surface. The painting will be included in my forthcoming exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine. The exhibition runs from November 28th 2014 – January 09 2015. I hope you can get along to see this piece. - [Back in Scotland.....and painting again.....take 2!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-in-scotland-and-painting-again-take-2/) - It’s hard to believe that we’ve been all the way to Brazil and back ....perhaps it was just a dream? But no! We have the packet of Brazil nuts from the hotel mini-bar to prove it! Now the interesting bit begins.....I have five paintings to complete by late February. - [A few days in Brazil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-few-days-in-brazil/) - Twelve days ago I was bumbling along, starting to get in a bit of a panic about preparations for our Open Weekend. Then, out of the blue, I received an email from Lucila Longi, an employee of a Brazilian PR company, working in Sao Paulo. She explained that a client of theirs was involved in a large arts project in the city and they were keen to know if I could travel to Sao Paulo for a few days to take part in the project. - ['A damp morning, Buachaille Etive Beag, Glen Coe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-damp-morning-buachaille-etive-beag-glen-coe/) - This is one of my latest acrylic and pastel paintings based on a view we had as we were travelling north through Glen Coe a while back. It is rather unusual for me in that it is not only a low level view point but also done in a more traditional landscape format. It will be on show at the Open Studios Weekend at the Courtyard studios in Irvine this weekend. - [A very rushed blog!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-very-rushed-blog/) - It’s been a very hectic time both getting everything ready for the Open Weekend at Courtyard Studios this Saturday and Sunday and starting the preparations for my exhibition and drawing project at the Harbour Arts Centre starting on Nov 28th. - ['Evening light. On Cul Mor, Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/evening-light-on-cul-mor-assynt/) - Back in May we spent a fine day walking one of the finest hills in Assynt, Cul Mor. We actually had some pretty fine weather for the whole of the walk and had some marvellous views out across this strange and beautiful landscape. As the day went on however, the cloud thickened and it became quite gloomy and threatening..... - [Getting ready for the: Courtyard Studios Open Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-ready-for-the-courtyard-studios-open-weekend/) - Our annual Open Studios Weekend is next Saturday and Sunday. Lots of very different work to see including all kinds of paintings and drawings, ceramics, jewellery, photography, hand book-binding and live music. As usual the event is free and everyone is welcome. We’re close to several very good bars, restaurants and cafes and the Magnum Sports Centre. Come along! - [‘Breaking mists, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/breaking-mists-isle-of-arran/) - This little painting, based on a day we spent up in the fabulous Arran Hills is to be reproduced as one of my new gift cards. These should be ready in time for our Open Studios Weekend on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October. High quality reproductions of this painting can also be obtained through the “Prints for sale” section on my website or directly from my studio. - [Another day.....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/another-day/) - Keith mulls over what is for him a typical day working on his art business; preparing for his exhibitions at the Open Weekend and the Harbour Arts Centre. - [Glen Rosa test drawing 3](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glen-rosa-test-drawing-3/) - I’ve spent a number of days over the last two weeks creating several of these small graphite drawings. They are helping me to work out the basic composition for the big drawing I’ll be doing at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine between November 27th and January 12th. - [ 'Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-glen-coe-late-afternoon-january-2/) - The scene is a view looking towards Glen Coe from the edge of Rannoch Moor on what was a very cold winter afternoon. After all the fine warm weather this summer, this kind of scene seems a long way away but in reality there could be snow falling on the higher Scottish summits very soon now! - [The Biscuit Factory, Contemporary Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-biscuit-factory-contemporary-art-gallery-newcastle-upon-tyne/) - I’ll be exhibiting at the Autumn Exhibition in The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. The preview is on Friday 12th September 2014 from 6 – 9pm. Here are images of the 10 pieces of work on that I am exhibiting. - ['Above Loch Tulla, passing shower'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-loch-tulla-passing-shower/) - This painting was based on a wet but beautiful view we had as we walked the West Highland Way from Bridge of Orchy to Ba Bridge and back a number of years ago. - [A crowd-less August Bank Holiday Sunday](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-crowd-less-august-bank-holiday-sunday/) - A few years ago on a similarly fine summer weekend, we did the circuit of Meall Tairbh and Ben Inverveigh, the two small but rough hills near Loch Tulla. On that occasion we’d parked in a very busy car park near Victoria Bridge but once on our way, we saw none of the other cars occupants for the rest of the day. This then seemed the perfect choice for Sunday. - ['On Beinn a' Ghlo'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-beinn-a-ghlo/) - As you’ll see if you read the current blog, my mind is firmly on our forthcoming Courtyard Studios Open Weekend. So then, with that in mind, I thought of this painting. It was bought by a lady and gentleman from Glasgow at the start of our Open Studios weekend last year and I’m very glad to say they visited my studio again a few months ago and are still enjoying this scene from Beinn a’ Ghlo. - [.....about the Courtyard Open Studios Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/about-the-courtyard-open-studios-weekend/) - Keith updates us on the three exhibitions that he is involved in: The Biscuit Factory autumn exhibition, preparing for the big drawing event and exhibition that he is holding at the Harbour Arts Centre and the WASPS Open Studios weekend in October. - [Ben Chonzie, Edinburgh and Newcastle ....not bad for one week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ben-chonzie-edinburgh-and-newcastle-not-bad-for-one-week/) - An update from Keith on his latest week on the Fife hills and in the art galleries where his work will be exhibited soon in Edinburgh and Newcastle at the Biscuit Factory. - [ 'Towards the Mamores, a showery summers day'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-mamores-a-showery-summers-day/) - This recent painting is just one of ten pieces that I delivered to The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday. The work will be part of their Autumn Exhibition that opens on September 12th. I’ll be posting full details a little nearer the time. - [ 'Below Suilven, a dreich afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-suilven-a-dreich-afternoon/) - The painting is based on a view we had back in May as we walked up to Suilven. It’s quite a long walk and on the way there the weather had been quite bright but with a very squally wind blowing. - [Pucks Glen – a short walk.....or an adventure?!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/pucks-glen-a-short-walk-or-an-adventure/) - . . . .our friends suggested a short wander over to Pucks Glen a few kilometres from the lodges. Sounded perfect and with the cloud starting to break from around the steep sided hills above Loch Eck, the five of us set off. - [ 'Coire an t'Sneachda, the Cairngorms'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/coire-an-tsneachda-the-cairngorms/) - This painting was based on a photograph I took while we were doing our Winter Skills course at Glenmore Lodge. We’d been taken into Coire an t’Sneachda to learn about survival skills, digging snow holes etc and it really was a spectacular location. - [Cairngorm wander](https://www.keithsalmon.org/cairngorm-wander/) - Keith updates us on his latest "busman's holiday" to the Cairngorm mountains. - [ 'The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-saddle-from-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran-march-2/) - This is one of the three paintings I have on display at Tour House in Kilmaurs as part of the group exhibition, “6 Artists". I created the painting last year after one of our winter walks in Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran. It was a particularly cold day .....a far cry from my last visit a couple of months ago when we sat in warm sunshine at the same location for a couple of hours. What a difference a few months make! - [An interesting week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-interesting-week/) - Updates on Keith's latest art exhibitions, art sales and hill climbing! - [ 'Towards the Isle of Arran, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-isle-of-arran-winter-2/) - Scottish landscape paintings by Keith Salmon: This week the 2014 North Ayrshire Art Exhibition. - [Hot, hot, hot.....too hot](https://www.keithsalmon.org/hot-hot-hot-too-hot/) - After what had been quite a busy week already, Nita and I decided to make the best of the fine weather and go for another walk. For quite a few years now I’ve wanted to climb Stuc a’Chroin, the neighbour of Ben Vorlich in the Southern Highlands - [‘Below Suilvern, a wet afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-suilvern-a-wet-afternoon/) - 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. - [Lochnagar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/lochnagar/) - We arrived just before 08.00 and eating a quick breakfast headed off up the main path. Low cloud shrouded the hills and although it had been raining when we first arrived, this had stopped by the time we were walking and we were pleased to see the clouds rising and breaking as we gained height. The path led up to the beallach between the main bulk of Lochnagar and Meikle Pap and this overlooks the great NE facing corrie of Lochnagar. As we reached this point the cloud finally lifted off of the summit and a bright patch of sunshine lit up half of the corrie. This really is a fine view point with the huge cliffs dropping into the corrie and its beautiful small dark loch. - [Work in progress – Towards the Mamores](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-in-progress-towards-the-mamores/) - 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. - [Plans](https://www.keithsalmon.org/plans/) - An update from Keith on the huge drawing and exhibition that will be done towards the end of the year in the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine, supported by North Ayrshire Council. - ['Glen Coe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glen-coe/) - I’ve been working on a couple of small paintings that have been about days when the conditions are far from clement and 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 - [Another piece in the jigsaw](https://www.keithsalmon.org/another-piece-in-the-jigsaw/) - It’s a five km walk up the glen to Loch Callater but it’s a very beautiful walk with the river rushing along at your side. When we reached the end of the loch we took the path marked on the map that leads all the way to the summit of Carn an t’Segairt Mor. - [‘From the summit of Ben Vrackie’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-summit-of-ben-vrackie-2/) - 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. - [ 'Below Goat Fell, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-goat-fell-winter/) - This is one of several artworks 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. - [Big space](https://www.keithsalmon.org/big-space/) - Keith and Anita tackle Tom Buidhe and Tolmount - two munroes they missed on their last outing to Glen Shee. - [ 'On Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-rannoch-moor/) - 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. - [Back from Assynt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-from-assynt/) - That’s me back in Irvine after a two week long holiday in Assynt in the NW of Scotland. We were staying at the small caravan site at Achmelvich just a few miles to the north of Lochinver and getting an Internet connection was almost impossible. - ['Snow, rock and water, Harris, May'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-rock-and-water-harris-may/) - 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. - [Art on the Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-on-the-hill/) - ‘Art on the Hill' art exhibition runs until 31st May and is open daily from 12 noon until 10pm. The exhibition is in the upper level of the Church on the Hill in Battlefield, Queens Park, Glasgow. This is a really magnificent building and the space is just huge ....it really is very impressive. - ['From Conival, May'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-conival-may-2/) - This landscape painting is 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. - [Landscape mimics painting?!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-mimics-painting/) - As we looked down I suddenly noticed that I was looking at something that quite closely resembled the new large 120 x 120 cm canvas I’m working on.......it was quite strange to see! - [‘Towards the Isle of Arran, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-isle-of-arran-winter/) - I’ve been asked so many times over the years whether I’d painted the view across the water to Arran, so 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. - [Stretching the legs.....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/stretching-the-legs/) - Fine weather is not just about working and being in my studio. I just had to get out in the hills and we managed three walks in just eight days ...which was pretty good for us. - [Staggering around in the dark!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/staggering-around-in-the-dark/) - Today´s blog covers Keith´s visual problems and his latest walk wandering over the fine little tops of the Pentland Hills. - [Working drawing – Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/working-drawing-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran/) - I’m planning to create a large 4 m long drawing during my exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre in November / December this year. The drawing will be about walking up Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran. - [Working on a larger scale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/working-on-a-larger-scale/) - In this blog Keith talks of the challenges he faces on working larger artworks and the problems related to transporting art. - ['Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-glen-coe-late-afternoon-january/) - This acrylic and pastel paintingis based on the view looking towards Glencoe on a very cold January afternoon where we had a short but enjoyable walk in deep snow up the Devil’s Staircase. - [‘Towards Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-arran/) - Over the years I’ve had many people ask if I have painted the Isle of Arran from over on the Ayrshire coast. I finally decided to have a go and this new 76 x 23 cm painting is the result. For me to see Arran from the coast near my studio I have to use a monocular and so this is I guess the kind of view I see. - [It’s amazing what you can do if you get up at 03.45!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/its-amazing-what-you-can-do-if-you-get-up-at-03-45/) - The West Highland Line really is a spectacular railway and the section we were doing from Crianlarich past Tyndrum, Bridge of Orchy and up over Rannoch Moor to the lonely platform that is Corrour ....well, it’s just spectacular, especially so yesterday morning with the snow low on the mountains. If you ever get the chance to ride this train ....go for it, it’s a visual feast. - ['From Carn Chois, above Loch Turret'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-carn-chois-above-loch-turret/) - This artwork of the week is based on the hills above Loch Turret just to the north of Crieff. - [Spring colours](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-colours/) - We’ve never walked Fiarach (652m) and it was only last week while pawing over the map with my magnifier looking for the route up Meall Odhar that I spotted it and started looking for a route to it too. It’s basically the high point of a large area of wild upland ground that is surrounded on all sides by the higher hills, Ben More, Ben Challum, Beinn Dubhchraig and Ben Lui ...to name but a few. - [East vs. West?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/east-vs-west/) - Tinto, the small but prominent little hill to the south of Lanark seemed to fit the bill and so we made our way over there instead of north to Meall Odhar. As changes of plan go, it was a good one. We did get our walk and we did stay dry, if a little wind blown, especially at the very top of Tinto ....and what is more, we got back to the car and out of our walking gear just five minutes before the rain making its way over from the west arrived. Perfect timing. It’s good to be flexible! - ['From Ghlas Beinn, Rannoch moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ghlas-beinn-rannoch-moor-2/) - I’ve always liked this piece but about two years ago I got it back from a gallery to find that the frame had been quite badly scraped. I couldn’t exhibit it anywhere else in that condition and so put it aside and got on with other things. I must admit I rather forgot about it until recently when I was looking for something else and came across it again. - [ 'Assynt skyline, May'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/assynt-skyline-may/) - We’ve booked a caravan on a small site at Achmelvich just to the north of Lochinver. We’ve been there several times now but it is such a beautiful spot that we keep getting drawn back to it. The scenery is just spectacular, especially if you get some fine May weather. - [Journey’s end ....a commission completed successfully.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/journeys-end-a-commission-completed-successfully/) - While visiting my studio Richard asked whether I would create a painting for him based on one of his photographs....a view from the top of Bidein a’ Ghlas Thuill on An Teallach. Although I’d never used another persons photo as a starting point for a painting, I was intrigued by this as Nita and I had stood at the very same point on Bidein a’ Ghlas Thuil a number of years previously ....and it was certainly one of the most memorable I’ve had on a hill. - [At last....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/at-last-2/) - The Ochil’s rise to a little over 700 m at their highest and with deep and steep sided glens and wild open tops, they make for excellent wanderings. - [ 'Fresh snow, January 1st 2013, the Ochil’s'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/fresh-snow-january-1st-2013-the-ochils-2/) - I did this small painting last year after we visited the Ochil Hills on a particularly fine New Years Day. The view looks past the slopes of Craighorn which we descended for the first time last Sunday and it makes a fine route off of the hill. This painting is currently hanging in my studio and is for sale, priced £485. - [Pieces from pieces](https://www.keithsalmon.org/pieces-from-pieces/) - I decided therefore to start from a slightly different place with these new paintings ....instead of using photographs and sketches I’ve selected a section from one of my earlier paintings. This gives me a far more abstract starting point but one that is still landscape based. - ['Winter, Blackmount'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-blackmount/) - I created this painting after our first visit to Ghlas Bheinn. I’ve now used the left hand side of it as the starting point for a new more abstract 80 x 80 cm oil painting, (see my latest blog). Both are based on a scene looking towards Clach Leathad with its huge southern face covered in snow. - ['January morning, Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/january-morning-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran/) - This drawing seemed like an appropriate piece to use for the Artwork of the week this week. I created it after our walk up Glen Rosa in January last year and yesterday we went back there. In January 2013 it was a good deal colder with snow on all the tops and well down to the base of the glen below Cir Mhor. - [Glen Rosa – a working walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glen-rosa-a-working-walk/) - Don’t be too shocked, we finally got the boots on again and made it across to the Isle of Arran yesterday. As you know, I’ve wanted to get back to Glen Rosa for the last couple of months but the extremely poor weather has until yesterday, kept us at bay. - [‘Towards the Lawers group’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-lawers-group/) - I was talking about hills with a visitor to my studio the other day and they mentioned Ben Lawers Nita and I have walked this big hill a good number of times over the last 15 years and it always makes for a fine day, especially so if its lofty summit is clear - [Computer blues ...getting brighter!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/computer-blues-getting-brighter/) - Now then, I have to admit that I’m not the most computer literate person in the world and so trying to get everything back to normal has proved a little challenging! Thankfully Nita is up for a challenge and she’s been spending a good few hours sat at this machine sorting things out for me. - [A snowy day in the hills and some computer blues](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-snowy-day-in-the-hills-and-some-computer-blues/) - By the time we started walking it was just light but heavy clouds hung quite low everywhere and it was raining hard. Everywhere was awash and the steep first section of the path leading up Beinn Dubh was more like a stream than a path. Even so, as soon as we got above the trees the views in gloom out over Loch Lomond were great ....and very atmospheric ....most of it falling on us I think. - ['From the slopes of Sgorr nam Fiannaidh, Glen Coe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-slopes-of-sgorr-nam-fiannaidh-glen-coe/) - The painting shown here however looks out over Loch Leven towards Mam na Gualainn and started off as an oil painting only. About that time I was also experimenting with using pastel with the paint….completing the painting in oil and only once it was dry, working over the surface with an oil pastel. I was pleased with the way it came out in the end and included it as one of the six paintings in my successful 2009 Jolomo Award application. - [An Teallach commission almost finished](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-teallach-commission-almost-finished/) - I’ve been working on a painting about An Teallach for a chap we met near the top of Mam na Gualainn back in the late summer. It’s been a really interesting process and yesterday I decided that the painting was probably finished ….and I signed it! I’ve been trying to create a painting that captures both, the idea of being at the summit of An Teallach as well as a more general feeling of being up high in the Scottish mountains. - [ 'Below Cul Mor, Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-cul-mor-assynt/) - We’ve stayed in Achmelvich, Assynt on four different occasions and I did this painting after a very memorable day spent walking the three summits of Cul Mor. Maybe if we do go back to Assynt this year, I’ll get to do another painting about this spectacular peak. - [Back to normal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-to-normal/) - Looks like being a fairly busy year this year. I’ve been asked to show my work at the Frames Gallery in Perth as part of their spring exhibition and I already have an autumn show in Newcastle upon Tyne. Then I have the solo show and big drawing project at the end of the year lined up. - ['Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-shower-below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui-2/) - This painting which is currently in my studio, was based on one of our visits to Ben Lui a number of years ago and is available as a high quality reproduction - [Happy Christmas from a wet and windy Irvine…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/happy-christmas-from-a-wet-and-windy-irvine/) - Well then, I’m running very late this week, so it’s going to be a very short little blog. We still haven’t managed to get out walking and I think that by the time we get a decent bit of weather, my legs with be well out of condition! Oh well, it really hasn’t been very - ['From the summit of Ben Vrackie'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-summit-of-ben-vrackie/) - This painting sold not too long after I completed it but the scene from the summit of Ben Vrackie with the broad sweeping grass covered ridge makes for a good composition and I reckon I might re-visit it after our next trip to this fine little hill. - [Looking forward…. and back to Ben Vrackie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/looking-forward-and-back-to-ben-vrackie/) - On December 12th 2005 however it was bright and sunny and cool and the three of us had a wonderful walk up Ben Vrackie and indeed, I remember the low winter sun being particularly difficult as we scrabbled our way up the steep front of the hill. - ['Central Station, Glasgow'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/central-station-glasgow/) - 'Central Station, Glasgow'quite a large piece measuring about 140 cm x 80 cm and is based on Glasgow’s wonderfully impressive Central Station. The original drawing is now on permanent display at the Royal National Institute for the Blind’s centre in Edinburgh. - [Plans for some more footage](https://www.keithsalmon.org/plans-for-some-more-footage/) - This photo is of Nita and I on Cada Indris in mid Wales in late December 1987 …this was one of the first proper mountain walks Nita had done …we’d only met back in the summer that year - ['From Ghlas Beinn, Rannoch moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ghlas-beinn-rannoch-moor/) - Ghlas Bheinn is the high point at the end of a small undulating escarpment that rises on the edge of Rannoch Moor. Being less than 600 metres high it makes the perfect view point overlooking the moor and surrounded by bigger hills and mountains too. - [Annual visit to Ghlas Bheinn – a colourful palette ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/annual-visit-to-ghlas-bheinn-a-colourful-palette/) - . . . Rannoch Moor looked very big and incredibly beautiful. Being November rather than December, the colours of the grasses were different. They had not yet turned to the straw colour of later in the winter and were, instead a mixture of bright ochre’s, oranges and yellows. As the sun got lower it accentuated this, creating stunningly colourful scenes against the snow topped hills and the deep blue of the sky. - ['Sun and snow, in the Blackmount'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sun-and-snow-in-the-blackmount-2/) - I created this painting following last years visit to Ghlas Beinn when the mountains of the Blackmount were looking especially fine, the upper slopes being covered in snow and the whole scene patched by areas of bright sun. - [At ‘the gallery on the corner’, Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/at-the-gallery-on-the-corner-edinburgh/) - "The Gallery on the Corner" had asked for five pieces including one of the larger ones and so I thought I’d take the relatively new Mam na Gualainn painting to exhibit. - ['Mists clearing Beinn Dubhchraig, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/mists-clearing-beinn-dubhchraig-winter-2/) - On that morning, thick banks of cloud sat over Beinn Dubhchraig and gradually broke and cleared as the morning passed. I seem to remember sitting for quite a while just taking in the scene and then having to shelter as a heavy snow shower passed by. After our walk last Sunday I think I may try creating another more up to date version of this painting…..this time of the mountain in snow but with the autumn colours in the glen below. - [A walk into winter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-walk-into-winter/) - It doesn’t seem any time at all since we were hauling our way up the steep slopes above Cononish in bright very warm conditions with midges and flies buzzing all around and sweat running down our faces, heading on our way to Beinn Dubhchraig. Now, just a couple of months later, everything above about 400 m was white with fresh snow. - [ 'Winter scene, Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-scene-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran/) - When I was walking over in Glen Rosa in January and again in March, I started to develop an idea to create a large (4.5 x 1.5 m) drawing based on the idea of walking through the glen in winter. Over the intervening months I’ve developed the idea and recently put a proposal to the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine … - [The Framework Gallery in Troon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-framework-gallery-in-troon/) - I took three of the more recent paintings down to The Framework Gallery in Troon earlier this afternoon, ready for the run-up to Christmas. If you’re a regular to this website then you’ll have seen the paintings before ….but I’d like to think that you’ll be happy seeing them again. Indeed, if you live in the area you can get to see them up close and for real at The Framework Gallery in Troon for the next few months. - ['On Ben Lui, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-ben-lui-winter/) - This is one of my small post card sized paintings and is based on the view we had as we descended from the NE ridge of Ben Lui a number of years ago now. It’s difficult for me to work at this scale ….I’m struggling to see what I’m doing …but this piece actually worked quite well I think. - [Blog 200 ….In the cloud](https://www.keithsalmon.org/blog-200-in-the-cloud/) - I’ve finished the 80 x 80 cm painting based on our walk on Mam na Gualainn back in the summer. As I’ve said before, it was a strange day with low banks of clouds drifting in from the west and breaking as they ran into the high hills of Glencoe and the Mamores. - ['Late December afternoon, above Wanlockhead'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/late-december-afternoon-above-wanlockhead/) - Yesterday I was asked if I’d undertake a commission. It’s always an exciting prospect and I’ll no doubt be posting more information about it as things progress. - [How?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/how/) - Yesterday, for what must be the umpteenth time over the years, I was asked this question. ’How do you do these paintings if you can’t see very much?’ - ['Below Beinn Dorain, a February afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-beinn-dorain-a-february-afternoon/) - The painting is based on a view I had several years ago of the side of Beinn Dorain in the Southern Highlands. I’d been away for the weekend walking with our local club in Kinlochleven but the weather conditions were so severe that we decided to cut our losses and head back home early, on the Sunday. As we passed Beinn Dorain near the Bridge of Orchy, we had this amazing view of the steep side of the hill with snow higher up and the gullies with snow in them too. - [Summit meeting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/summit-meeting/) - It has been a case of ‘hold the front page’ this week. My original plan was to do the entire blog about a visit we made to Edinburgh on Wednesday. Then yesterday I got a very interesting email from a gentleman called Richard Baker…. and I decided that my plans for the blog would have to change a little. - ['At the summit of Ben Oss, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/at-the-summit-of-ben-oss-winter/) - This little painting is one of several I did based on the memories of reaching the summit of Ben Oss several years ago. We’d plodded our way up in heavy driving snow but to our delight, as we stood at the top, the snow stopped and the cloud started to break. - [Moving on…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/moving-on/) - Well then, that’s the Open Weekend over for another year and I’ve already ‘un-tidied’ the studio and am getting back to the work again. It’s amazing, after all the work that goes into the event, just how quickly it passes by. - ['Below Ben Oss’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-ben-oss/) - This little painting is based on a view we had earlier this year when we walked up Cononish glen, it tries to capture the very misty scene looking up from below Ben Oss to the lower flanks of Ben Lui - [The big tidy-up!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-big-tidy-up/) - The annual Courtyard Studios Open Weekend isn’t just a great opportunity to promote and sell my work ….it is, by necessity, a great opportunity to clean, tidy and generally re-organise the studio.……I guess in all honesty, I would always prefer to paint and the tidying would get put off ….and off and off! - ['West coast scene, Isle of Harris'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-coast-scene-isle-of-harris/) - Well then, this is the final version of an oil painting I started four or five months ago. It’s based on a view we saw as we were driving down the road along the west coast of Harris back in May. - [12 Open Doors ….](https://www.keithsalmon.org/12-open-doors/) - With just over one week to go until our annual Open Studios Weekend, artists at the Courtyard Studios are starting to get into the swing of it. The Courtyard Studios are situated on Harbour St, next door to the Ship Inn and close to the Harbour Arts Centre and bar, the Magnum Sports Centre and Small Talk, a very popular and traditional café /tea room. The studios will be open: Saturday 5th October, 11am – 5pm and Sunday 6th October, 12 noon – 5pm. Entry free. - ['Below Ben Lui, a cold, damp spring afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-ben-lui-a-cold-damp-spring-afternoon/) - I tend to get drawn back to the Cononish Glen and to Ben Lui on a fairly regular basis. The two hour long walk to the base of Ben Lui from Tyndrum is a real pleasure in its own right even if you don’t go on to climb the hill. - [A busy little week…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-busy-little-week/) - A very busy week what with hillwalking, painting, and the Open Studio preparations. - [Countdown to the Courtyard Studios Open Weekend – Sat / Sun 5th / 6th October 2013](https://www.keithsalmon.org/countdown-to-the-courtyard-studios-open-weekend-sat-sun-5th-6th-october-2013/) - It’s that time of year and we’re once again getting ready for the annual Open Studios Weekend at the Courtyard Studios. Twelve artists will be taking part including three new tenants at the Courtyard. Hope to see you on Saturday 5th or Sunday 6th October - ['Winter morning, Irvine Harbourside'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-morning-irvine-harbourside/) - This is a drawing I did 10 years ago. It was based on a view I had through my monocular looking around the river to where the ‘City of Adelaide’ was resting on a slipway. - [The first stage of a very long journey…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-first-stage-of-a-very-long-journey/) - 'The City of Adelaide' (1864), one of the old clippers, was put on a barge at Irvine Harbourside and with the help of a high tide, moved down river. - [To Beinn Dubhchraig and back ….with an added splash!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/to-beinn-dubhchraig-and-back-with-an-added-splash/) - Eventually after what was an age, I heard Nita say …’I hope that isn’t the bridge we have to cross’. - ['Mists clearing Beinn Dubhchraig, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/mists-clearing-beinn-dubhchraig-winter/) - I did this back in 2005 and it was based on a view of the mountain we had on a very wintry day from Ben Challum. The snow everywhere was quite thick and the early morning mists were breaking and lifting from all the big hills around. - [Latest work in progress – ‘Breaking waves, Harris, west coast’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/latest-work-in-progress-breaking-waves-harris-west-coast/) - Latest work in progress – ‘Breaking waves, Harris, west coast’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm I took this quick photograph in my studio yesterday evening. It shows a new painting I’m working on. I’m not too sure quite what to do next …whether to continue working into it or call it finished. I - [Exhibition preview – part 2](https://www.keithsalmon.org/exhibition-preview-part-2/) - I’ve been showing work at the small Blairmore Gallery, (originally known as Gallimaufry) near Dunoon, for what must be about eight years now. Apart from the fact that they usually do very well for me and sell some of my paintings, it really is a lovely place to visit and exhibit. - ['Heavy downpour, Harris, May 2013'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/heavy-downpour-harris-may-2013-2/) - This is the painting on the poster for my forthcoming exhibition at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon. Based on one of the many very wet days we experienced while staying on the Isle of Harris earlier this year, it certainly brings back memories of walking through the very rugged and wet mountain landscape on the island. - [Final selection](https://www.keithsalmon.org/final-selection/) - There’s not a large space to exhibit at Blairmore Gallery and in the past I’ve usually selected a maximum of 20 pieces. This year, after much consideration and many changes of mind, I’ve decided to take 17 pieces, (15 paintings and 2 drawings). - [‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-sgorr-dhearg-above-ballachulish-2/) - I started this painting on ‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish' 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. 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. 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. - [Are you in Edinburgh at the moment?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/are-you-in-edinburgh-at-the-moment/) - If you are visiting Edinburgh and are seeking something a little different to do, why not visit ‘the gallery on the corner’. In this small contemporary art gallery, set on the corner of Northumberland St and Dundas Street, just a short walk from the city centre, you’ll find a wonderful selection of work by a broad range of artists. - [Cloud watching - from Mam na Gualainn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/cloud-watching-from-mam-na-gualainn/) - I often say to visitors to my studio, that the best days on the hill are often not the perfect bright sunny days, but the days where the conditions are constantly changing. These kinds of day with the ever changing light and colours make a great location even greater and provide me with lots of ideas for paintings and drawings. Quite what will come out of Wednesdays trip to Mam na Gualainn, ….well, we’ll just have to wait and see - ['Crossing to Harris, a damp April evening'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/crossing-to-harris-a-damp-april-evening/) - This is 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 catching 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. - ['Winter, Ben Oss'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-ben-oss/) - 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. - [From a little laziness…!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-a-little-laziness/) - It’s amazing quite how often I’m asked about the long thin, (76 x 23 cm) paintings and this question was raised once again by one of the visitors yesterday. People realise that these paintings are not in a standard format, say, three by one or four by one and can’t quite figure out why I chose 76 x 23 cm as the size for a painting. - ['From the east ridge of Beinn Lui, April'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-east-ridge-of-beinn-lui-april/) - 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. - [Getting the work together](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-the-work-together/) - As you know I’ve been trying to get some new small pieces finished ready for my exhibition at Blairmore Gallery. Well, after much looking and moving work around in the studio, I’ve decided that I now have enough work for the show and have decided on which pieces I’ll be taking …..give or take one or two that is! - ['Snow, rock and water, Harris, May 2013'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/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 - [Long hot days](https://www.keithsalmon.org/long-hot-days/) - When you get a week of really fine weather, you just have to try and make the most of it. So then, Sunday to Glen Lochy and Creag Mhor, Tuesday up to Glen Shee and the possibility of walking a lengthy route over four tops. - ['Low tide, Harris'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/low-tide-harris/) - 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. - [A working week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-working-week/) - The walks are very important to the works I do and as I don’t, generally get that much out of walking along for eight hours in cloud and rain, it makes a lot more sense to stay in the studio and paint when the weather is really grim. - ['Early spring, above Drumochter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/early-spring-above-drumochter-2/) - This is 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. - [A proper Midsummer walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-proper-midsummer-walk/) - Sgairneach Mhor has an impressive corrie and the few remaining small patches of snow made for a good view as we neared the summit. Beyond this, big expanses of grass led first down and then up onto the second hill, Beinn Udlamain. But ……of course, of course, we started looking over to A’Mharconaich and Gael-charn!! - [‘Heavy downpour, Harris, May 2013’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/heavy-downpour-harris-may-2013/) - 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. - [A long short walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-long-short-walk/) - ‘What we need’, I said to Nita last weekend ‘is a nice easy short walk to get us back into it after three weeks of coughing, spluttering and very little exercise’. Well that was the plan anyway, but as so often happens, things didn’t exactly turn out this way. - ['Sun and snow, in the Blackmount'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sun-and-snow-in-the-blackmount/) - This 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. - [Next step](https://www.keithsalmon.org/next-step/) - Keith's visit to the Isle of Harris with its particular weather and mountains provided him with the inspiration to create his latest drawings. - [Work on display](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-on-display/) - This is just going to be a short ‘picture’ blog this week highlighting a few of the paintings I currently have on display at art exhibitions at both The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff and The Framework Gallery in Troon. - ['In Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-glen-sannox-isle-of-arran/) - 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 - ['Approaching Harris, a damp May evening'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-harris-a-damp-may-evening/) - This graphite drawing is based on the grey wet view we had from the ferry as it approached Harris. We’d caught the 18.00 ferry from Uig and the weather had turned gloomy, damp and dark by the time we neared Tarbert. The sea was a little choppy too and as I sat watching the slowly changing scene with the island slowly getting closer and the rain and spray marking the salt covered windows ….I realised it would make an interesting drawing or two. - [Getting high, (on a hill)….. the easy way!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-high-on-a-hill-the-easy-way/) - After trawling through my memories of walks in the Southern Highlands, I remembered a walk I had done probably 8 or 9 years ago with a group from our local club Air na Creagan. On a fine summer day we’d done a relatively easy circuit over two Munros that lie close to Ben Lawers, Meall Corranaich and Meall a’ Choire Leith. - ['From Stob Ghabhar, early July'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-stob-ghabhar-early-july/) - This is one of four of my paintings to be included in the latest group exhibition at The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. The gallery is changing hands at the start of June and this is the change over exhibition. There should as usual, be a great selection of work on display, so if you have a chance, do take a trip over to Crieff and go have a look. - [A great trip to Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-great-trip-to-harris/) - Neither of us had ever been to Harris before but I’d long hoped to do the trip as I’d read great reports of the hill-walking there. You really don’t have to get very high on these islands to get huge views and even the numerous small hills of around 300 – 400 m give some rough and exhilarating walking. - [An invitation to exhibit my work in Germany](https://www.keithsalmon.org/an-invitation-to-exhibit-my-work-in-germany/) - When I was last over exhibiting a collection of my Scottish paintings in Speyer in November 2011, I got talking to a sculptor called Jürgen Fischer. As we talked we realised we both had a very similar outlook to these wild and rugged landscapes and shortly afterwards he wrote and suggested that we try and hold an exhibition together sometime and this may well happen this autumn. - [‘A winter scene, Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-winter-scene-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran/) - ‘A winter scene, Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 30 x 30 cm This is another small painting based on elements of the larger Glen Rosa drawings. In order to see any detail around me when I’m actually out in the hills and glens, I have to use a monocular. This gives - [‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-saddle-from-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran-march/) - I’ve been working on several large graphite drawings based on our visits to Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran recently. This is a new painting I’ve just completed based on the same subject matter. We had walked up to the head of the glen below Cir Mhor and The Saddle. It was cold and grey with snow on the tops and cloud hiding the summits too. - [Walking isn’t always what hill walking is about!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/walking-isnt-always-what-hill-walking-is-about/) - We just sat and looked, and ate, and drank our coffee and chatted ….and before we knew it ….two hours had gone by and it was 4 o’clock. Amazing, in the past I would have been hankering to rush on, but now I was happy just to sit and fully appreciate the wonderful location we were in ….as I say, sometimes walking isn’t just all that walking is about! - [‘A hazy spring day, Culter Fell’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-hazy-spring-day-culter-fell/) - It really was a perfect spring day, warm, bright and hazy. What I thought was the last snow of the winter lay on the steep north facing slopes of the fell and the Skylarks were up and singing. - [A big china mug of tea and a free chocolate biscuit make for a fine walk!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-big-china-mug-of-tea-and-a-free-chocolate-biscuit-make-for-a-fine-walk/) - . . . we joined the track just where a small portacabin had been set up to sell hot and cold drinks to the fishermen who visit the reservoir. We couldn’t believe our luck..it was open! Nita went in and returned five minutes late armed with two big china mugs of tea and a free chocolate biscuit each! - ['Mists, Am Bodach'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/mists-am-bodach/) - This painting is now available as a mounted digital print (image size approximately 27 cm x 27 cm), price £50 plus P&P in UK. An image of this painting is also available as a small gift card, (blank inside), price £2.50 each or available by post in packs of 4 cards for £10 plus P&P - [No walks, just work](https://www.keithsalmon.org/no-walks-just-work/) - For any of you who do go to my Face Book page, you’ll know that I’ve spent several days working on a new graphite drawing. I’ve posted a couple of photos of it at different stages and it is now finished I think. - [A new drawing….but not of a mountain!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-new-drawing-but-not-of-a-mountain/) - The drawing I’ve done is a bit of a step back ….it’s a new Dom drawing. You’ll no doubt remember that in Speyer in 2010 I did a number of pastel drawings of the Dom, (the huge cathedral). One of them, as I talked about in last week’s blog, was big, and now hangs on a wall in the lobby of a new hotel and restaurant in Speyer. - ['The Cobbler from Ben Donich - a damp summer day'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-cobbler-from-ben-donich-a-damp-summer-day/) - The painting was based on a rather damp summer day a few years ago when Nita and I walked Ben Donich in the Arrochar Alps. - [‘Sun-lit slopes, Sgiath Chuil’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sun-lit-slopes-sgiath-chuil/) - The idea for this piece originated after seeing a painting I did several years ago …..but trying in this piece to make a much simpler version of it. I’ve actually used quite a lot of gold paint in this piece along with a kind of ‘tarnished copper’ colour paint too……it’s good to try things out and experiment. - [Back to Glen Rosa…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-to-glen-rosa/) - Here in Glen Rosa it was like walking inside a huge natural structure. Perhaps, I thought, I could create a big graphite drawing that conveyed something of the experience of being in this spectacular place. - [A very late blog!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-very-late-blog/) - The plan was to walk a track east from the King’s House Hotel towards Rannoch station. Our friend Guy needed to check the route for a group of Cadets he works with ….they’re planning to go this way as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award expedition. Back last autumn Guy had caught the train to Rannoch station and walked west ……this time he wanted to get to the point he’d reached that day and we just fancied tagging along. - [‘Winter afternoon, above Loch Ericht’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-afternoon-above-loch-ericht/) - With the day light hours rapidly increasing now, I’ve been starting to think about longer walks again. At about this time of year in 2007 I think it was, we drove up to the Drumochter Pass and walked a couple of hills to the west of the pass. - [Business & Pleasure…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/business-pleasure/) - Keith discusses how his latest exhibition went at 'the gallery on the corner' in Edinburgh and then updates us on his latest walk around the eastern scottish southern uplands around Coulter in Lanark. - [‘In sun, rain, mist and snow’, an exhibition of recent work by Keith Salmon.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-sun-rain-mist-and-snow-an-exhibition-of-recent-work-by-keith-salmon/) - ‘In sun, rain, mist and snow’, an exhibition of recent work by Keith Salmon. ‘the gallery on the corner’, 34 Northumberland St, Edinburgh EH3 6LS Preview, Friday March 1st, 6pm – 8pm Exhibition runs until March 30th Gallery open, Tues – Sat, 11.00 – 17.00 - ['Snow covered hills, above Largs'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-covered-hills-above-largs/) - It was a bitterly cold January day and I seem to remember the car thermometer read minus ten C when I left the house early that morning. We’d caught the train to Largs and it was still dark as we walked up through the town to the start of the path. - [‘Fresh snow, January 1st 2013, the Ochil’s’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/fresh-snow-january-1st-2013-the-ochils/) - You may remember we spent our New Years Day walking in the Ochil Hills. It was perfect conditions with the higher slopes whitened with a light covering of fresh snow. A mixture of heavy clouds and bright sunny breaks made for beautiful subtle light and colours. This small painting is my first attempt at trying to capture a little of that day. - [Seven drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/seven-drawings/) - Earlier this week I took the seven new graphite drawings down to my framer in Prestwick. I’ve asked them to mount the drawings only as there won’t be enough space in 'the gallery on the corner' to hang them. The drawings though will be on display in a stand and will be available for sale should anyone take a fancy to any of them. - [‘From Ghlas Beinn, December afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ghlas-beinn-december-afternoon/) - ‘From Ghlas Beinn, December afternoon’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm Here is one of the latest 76 x 23 cm paintings. It is another work based on the views we had last December while walking Ghlas Beinn. The brighter conditions of the morning and early afternoon had mostly gone to be replaced - [Well worth waiting for](https://www.keithsalmon.org/well-worth-waiting-for/) - As you know, we like the Luss Hills and they are about the closest to get to from Irvine. They’re steep but not very high so they make an excellent work-out even though you can still have quite a short day. This was just what we needed. - [Preparations](https://www.keithsalmon.org/preparations/) - So then, the preparations for my forth coming exhibition are well under way and with a bit of luck I should have everything done and ready in time. So basically this last week has just been work. I’ve now got just over three weeks to get everything finished, framed and organised for my exhibition at ‘the gallery on the corner’ in Edinburgh - ['Snow shower, on the slopes of Ben Loyal, Sutherland'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-shower-on-the-slopes-of-ben-loyal-sutherland/) - Back in May as you may recall, we had two great days walking on Ben Loyal in Sutherland. On our first attempt at getting to the top of this wonderful hill, we decided to turn back just a few hundred feet below the main broad ridge. The reason for this was that there was a sudden change in the weather, from bright and sunny to cloud and snow. The snow showers came in very quickly and for a short while we had some amazing views through the falling snow up to the main ridge above. - [‘East over Rannoch Moor, early morning’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/east-over-rannoch-moor-early-morning/) - Over the last few years I’ve really concentrated on my paintings and have rather let my drawing slip. I’m glad I’ve started again and am really enjoying the process. I’m trying to put an hour or so in every day …it’s quite nice to spend the last hour in the studio with the music turned up a little …scribbling away. - [Rosa not Rannoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/rosa-not-rannoch/) - We’re very lucky here in North Ayrshire in that if ever the road conditions look to bad further north, we can nearly always get the few miles to Ardrossan and catch the ferry over to Arran and its fantastic mountains …some of the finest, south of Glen Coe. - [‘In the Blackmount, December’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-the-blackmount-december/) - I did this painting at the end of December, shortly after we walked Ghlas Beinn on the edge of Rannoch Moor. When we first did this walk back in December 2009, I did a similar piece. - [Taking five days off ….](https://www.keithsalmon.org/taking-five-days-off/) - We had a very pleasant time in Shropshire and although there is no real art or no big walks to report, we did manage two very pleasant short walks in the Shropshire. - [‘Towards Achaladair, December morning’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-achaladair-december-morning/) - This painting, a view looking towards Achaladair from the west, tries to capture a little of the cold December morning as we headed off along the undulating ridge towards Ghlas Beinn. For a while, a small bank of mist rolled up the glen below us and it made for a very atmospheric scene. - [Looking for paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/looking-for-paintings/) - Our walk yesterday was really just one for looking, taking a few photos and trying to come up with ideas for new work. It normally takes us just under two hours to walk from Tyndrum up Cononish Glen to the end of the estate track directly below the bulk of Ben Lui …the point where normally we’d ford the stream and start heading up. - [‘On Blackmount, December afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-blackmount-december-afternoon/) - If you read the blogs, you’ll know that we were out walking Ghlas Beinn on the edge of Rannoch Moor just a couple of weeks ago. The light and colours gave the mountains of the Blackmount great atmosphere. This painting, still in progress, is my first attempt at trying to capture some of the mood of the place that afternoon. - [A good start](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-good-start/) - Well then, 2013 is up and running. It started for us, in grand fashion with a beautiful walk on New Years Day, when Nita and I decided to have a walk in the Ochill Hills to the east of Stirling. - [‘From Beinn Dubh, the Luss Hills’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-beinn-dubh-the-luss-hills/) - As you know, we visit the Luss Hills quite regularly and this painting was based on a walk up Beinn Dubh last December. It was a perfect short winter walk with big views all around. As we gained height though, the wind picked up, blasting along and picking up all the icy snow crystals. - [Ghlas Beinn again](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ghlas-beinn-again/) - On Tuesday we went back to Ghlas Beinn, the small hill on the edge of Rannoch Moor that we’ve walked twice before. As I've probably said before, it’s not a huge walk, just a few kilometres each way and probably around 300 m of up and down ..but its location makes it very special. - [A short walk, somewhere in the Campsie Fells!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-short-walk-somewhere-in-the-campsie-fells/) - On Tuesday Nita and I decided to visit the Campsie Fells for the first time. This small range of hills lie just to the north of Glasgow and so are quite close to us, but for some reason we’ve never made it over to them before. - [‘Early morning, October,Loch Lomond’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/early-morning-october-loch-lomond/) - This is one of my latest small 30 x 30 cm paintings. Based on the early morning light on the hills above the western shores of Loch Lomond. We had been travelling up to Tyndrum back in October to do a walk up Beinn Odhar and as we drove up the side of Loch Lomond the rising sun illuminated the tops of the hills. In their autumn colours the scene was particularly good and we just had to stop and look. - [‘Below Shalloch on Minnoch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-shalloch-on-minnoch/) - This painting is based on a view we had as we were walking along below Shalloch on Minnoch several years ago. The ground in this part of the Southern Uplands is very rough…..a mixture of grass tussocks, heather, boulders and bog …interspersed with hidden holes to catch the unwary. We had crossed the summit of this hill, (the highest point in Ayrshire I think) in patchy mist but as the day went on the weather improved along with the views. - [A gentle wander in Glen Luss](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-gentle-wander-in-glen-luss/) - And so that was our walk ….a gentle wander along a single track road through Glen Luss. It really was beautiful though, the low winter sun illuminating the hills with their snow covered tops. - ['Towards Blackmount, winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-blackmount-winter/) - I did this painting last year after a walk along the low undulating ridge leading to Ghlas Beinn on the edge of Rannoch Moor. It was our first visit to this wild spot and there was just a light dusting of snow on the moors - [In need of a good wall!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-need-of-a-good-wall/) - Several large abstract paintings of scottish landscapes now available from Keith Salmon's art studio, Courtyard Studios, Irvine. - ['Below the snow-line, Ben Lui, April'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-the-snow-line-ben-lui-april/) - Over the last month or so I’ve completed four paintings all based on a walk / scramble we did on Ben Lui several years ago. This piece tries to capture something of the descent from the higher snow covered east ridge back down into the more friendly grass covered glen below. This painting is currently hanging in my studio along with around 20 other pieces. If you’d like to see this and the other works, do visit my studio. - [Hard graft …](https://www.keithsalmon.org/hard-graft/) - This is one of four recent paintings I’ve created based on memories of a wonderful walk / scramble on Ben Lui a few years ago. Despite it being quite late in the winter, indeed, I think it was early spring; there was still a lot of snow higher on this big and craggy mountain. We tackled theeast ridgeof the hill but due to my incredible slowness, only managed to reach the level middle section of the ridge. Even so, this was for me a spectacular and exhilarating day. Before descending back to the grassy glen below we stopped to take in the very wintry scene before us. This is a view looking across the main corrie and central gully of the hill …the upper section of the hill remained in the cloud most of the day. - [Getting the work into place](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-the-work-into-place/) - As we’re now getting towards the run-up to Christmas it’s been important that I get work in place with the galleries that show my paintings. - [‘Above Largs, late afternoon, January’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-largs-late-afternoon-january/) - A couple of years ago in early January a friend and I were walking the low hills above Largs. It was during a very cold spell and the hills were covered in snow and ice, making walking particularly difficult. ....... - [Christmas Exhibition, the Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/christmas-exhibition-the-strathearn-gallery-crieff-perthshire/) - Yesterday we took four paintings up to the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. As you know, I’ve shown work at this gallery on several occasions over the last three years and so was delighted to be asked to take part in their forthcoming Christmas Exhibition. - [‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snow-shower-below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - This painting can now be seen at The Framework Gallery in Troon and is priced at £1095. If you have a chance and live in Ayrshire why not pop along to the gallery to see it for real. They also have several of my other paintings and three of my recent small graphite drawings of Ailsa Craig. ….along of course with work by many other artists. You can get further details about the Framework Gallery by clicking on the link at the side of this page. - [Visually impaired people see more …..sometimes!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/visually-impaired-people-see-more-sometimes/) - Sometimes,………there really are advantages to being a visually impaired hill-walker! Many times I have to admit, there are not! Yesterday Nita and I headed over to the Isle of Arran to walk Goat Fell, ( the highest point of the island’s magnificent mountains). - [‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - I thought it’d be interesting to show how this painting has developed since last week. There are no great changes, but I’ve worked into it with pastels and have tried to give the surface slightly more depth. The painting probably still needs some more work doing to it but I may wait a while. Sometimes the sitting and looking and thinking is just as important as the actual painting part of the process….that’s why I have a rocking chair in my studio! That’s my excuse anyway! - [A day of small drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-day-of-small-drawings/) - Today has been a day of graphite pencils rather than paint and brushes. It has made a good change and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my few hours at the studio. Yesterday I started playing around with a few ideas for drawings about Ailsa Craig and spent my last hour in the studio scribbling in a sketch book - [Work in progress, ‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-in-progress-below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - 'Below the east ridge of Ben Lui, Winter' is a view looking up to the end of the east ridge of Ben Lui. On the day we were here a few years ago, our aim was to climb this by way of the obvious snow filled gully. - [‘Approaching Sgorr Dhearg, above Ballachulish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/approaching-sgorr-dhearg-above-ballachulish/) - This small painting has been on the go for the last two years. The original version never really worked and I left it for about a year before working back into it. Recently I suddenly thought I could work into it again ….and this time I did finish it ….finally! I am at long last, pleased with it and it is now hanging for sale in my studio at £395. - [A great weekend followed by a great walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-great-weekend-followed-by-a-great-walk/) - I can’t believe it’s Thursday again already …this last week has just flown by ….but perhaps that’s because it has been a good one. Our Open Weekend at the Courtyard Studios last Saturday and Sunday, proved a real success. All the hard work that everyone had put into it, paid off and we had around - [‘Breaking cloud, Beinn Odhar’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/breaking-cloud-beinn-odhar/) - This is a recent small acrylic and pastel painting based on a day a few years ago when we walked Beinn Odhar ….a 900 m hill just to the north of Tyndrum in the Southern Highlands. - [A quick tour of the studio….](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-quick-tour-of-the-studio/) - Keith Salmon Art Studio, Open Weekend, Courtyard Studios, Irvine: I've spent the last four days getting everything ready for the Open Weekend tomorrow and Sunday. I hope you can make it along. - [‘December afternoon, Glen Etive’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/december-afternoon-glen-etive/) - I’ve always thought that this was one of my better drawings and included it in my application for the Jolomo Award back in 2009. It has never sold though despite being exhibited a number of times and so I’ve decided that if it’s still hanging on the wall at the end of the day on Sunday 7th October …then it’s going to become part of my private collection! - [Courtyard Studios Open Weekend, 6th / 7th October 2012](https://www.keithsalmon.org/courtyard-studios-open-weekend-6th-7th-october-2012/) - Things are getting very hectic this week and I’m running out of time to do everything I need to do in time for our Open Studios Weekend on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October. As such, this is going to be a ‘picture’ blog … - [‘The Auch Gleann and Beinn Mhanach, November’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-auch-gleann-and-beinn-mhanach-november/) - Having just been to the official launch of the Jolomo Award 2013 for Scottish Landscape Painting (in Edinburgh last Thursday morning) I thought I’d use one of the paintings I included in my 2009 application for this award. - [Launch of The Jolomo Award 2013, all part of a very busy week.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/launch-of-the-jolomo-award-2013-all-part-of-a-very-busy-week/) - On Thursday I was in Edinburgh for the official launch of the 2013 award. The award, established by Scotland’s well known painter Dr John Lowrie Morrison OBE is held every two years and the 2013 award will be the fourth one - [‘Sunlight and Stones, Beinn a’ Ghlo’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sunlight-and-stones-beinn-a-ghlo/) - I always liked this piece; indeed, it was one of the 10 pieces I included in my application for the Jolomo Award 2009. I spent much time trying to work out the best 10 pieces to use for my application but this piece was never in doubt. The painting was bought a couple of years ago ….so if you’re reading this; I hope you’re still enjoying it. - [A bit of an artistic wander!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-bit-of-an-artistic-wander/) - I took no photos that afternoon as we headed back but have very strong impressions of the gloomy conditions as the light faded. Almost ever since that day, I’ve wanted to do a painting that had a little bit of that in it. This painting has I think finally made it after many detours and (a bit like the walk itself) after getting a little lost for a while - [New drawing, Pen, 2012](https://www.keithsalmon.org/new-drawing-pen-2012/) - While doing battle with the larger oil paintings I’ve had plenty of time to play around with some new little line drawings. This is one of them that I quite liked and may take further …possibly on a bigger scale and using a soft graphite pencil instead. - [A year to myself](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-year-to-myself/) - I’ve been trying to create paintings that are both Scottish landscape and almost abstract at the same time. It is a very difficult balance to achieve without the paintings looking contrived. Anyway, this is a brief look back at the oil paintings I’ve been working on this year. - [‘Early spring, above Drumochter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/early-spring-above-drumochter/) - Thought I’d use this painting, ‘Early spring, above Drumochter’, as the work of the week seeing that it is currently hanging in ‘The gallery on the corner’ in Edinburgh. - [All smiles at ‘the gallery on the corner’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/all-smiles-at-the-gallery-on-the-corner/) - ‘The Gallery on the Corner’ was set up by Autism Initiative, Scotland, has a dual purpose….. to operate as a professional but ‘inclusive’ gallery exhibiting and promoting the work of artists affected by autism or other health issues, whilst at the same time providing a real working environment in which young people affected by autism can train and learn genuine work based skills and gain a recognised qualification. - [‘Break in the cloud, Beinn Griam Beg, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/break-in-the-cloud-beinn-griam-beg-sutherland/) - This is the latest of the new ‘Sutherland’ paintings. It is another view of the breaking cloud as we descended Beinn Griam Beg after a heavy snow shower. - [A day above Glen Shee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-day-above-glen-shee/) - I suggested we go back to Glen Shee and walk the three hills to the immediate west of the Glen Shee Ski Centre…. Carn Aosda 917m, Carn a’ Gheoidh 975m and The Cairnwell 933 m. - [Need to get out more!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/need-to-get-out-more/) - I’ve spent quite a bit of time this week working on plans for this years Open Studio Weekend on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October ….make a note in your diary if you haven’t already done so! - [‘Ben Hope from Arkle, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ben-hope-from-arkle-sutherland/) - The painting is based on the view we had as we sat at the south summit of Arkle, looking NE towards the long ridge of Ben Hope. It's on exhibition at the Braidwood Restaurant near Dalry. - [‘West, from Beinn Griam Mor, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-from-beinn-griam-mor-sutherland/) - The painting is based on the views we had back in May, as we walked Beinn Griam Mor in the Flow Country of Sutherland. As we looked out over the low bog country towards the high ground to the west, there was just this wonderful natural pattern of colour and texture. - [12 hour long wander](https://www.keithsalmon.org/12-hour-long-wander/) - To wander the hills for 12 hours on a fine day is a great experience …but a tiring one! I’m sat at my computer this morning feeling rather tired with aching muscles and I’m no doubt still a little dehydrated. - [‘A walk in the wild, above Drumochter, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-walk-in-the-wild-above-drumochter-winter/) - ‘A walk in the wild, above Drumochter, winter’ is now on display along with three other smaller paintings at ‘The Framework Gallery’ in Troon. If you live near by, pop in and take a look. I think it is the best of the new oil paintings and it is shown off well in this new frame. For more details about the Framework Gallery in Troon, check out the link at the side of this page in the section, ‘Art Galleries showing my art’. - [A week of work](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-week-of-work-2/) - Last weekend I tried to develop the large drawing I had started the previous Friday, but instead of finishing it and having something to be pleased with after my three days work …I wrecked it!!! That’s the way it goes sometimes but mighty frustrating even so. This was the second largish drawing I’ve done this year, based on sketches I did of Quinag …..and both have ended up in the bin after what seemed like a promising start. - [A short walk in the Angus Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-short-walk-in-the-angus-hills/) - Her plan was, to follow the path behind the Clova Hotel and up to the hidden little Loch Brandy. This nestles in a small but dramatic and craggy little corrie, but one which can’t be seen from the road in the glen below. - [‘Late snow, near Ben More’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/late-snow-near-ben-more/) - This artwork is based on a day a few years ago when we went to walk the east ridge of Ben More near Crianlarich. It was the first week in April and to our surprise there had been a heavy fall of snow the previous night. - [‘Passing Snow shower, Beinn Griam Beg, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/passing-snow-shower-beinn-griam-beg-sutherland/) - As we descended though, the shower passed and the cloud broke all around us with areas of blue sky following. It was a wonderful scene for ten minutes and we just stood and watched the drifting cloud, the changing light and colours and the transformation from snow covered ground back to grass and rocks as the snow quickly thawed. - [Back to Beinn Chuirn ….ice free this time!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-to-beinn-chuirn-ice-free-this-time/) - Beinn Chuirn lies on the north side of Cononish Glen, opposite Beinn Dubhchraig and Ben Oss ….and next door to its much larger neighbour Ben Lui. It took us about an hour and a quarter to walk along the estate tracks to a point just short of the hill. - [Space](https://www.keithsalmon.org/wasps-workshop-studio-provision-scotland/) - WASPS (Workshop and Studio provision Scotland) is a charitable organisation set up to provide affordable studio spaces for artists and craftspeople working in Scotland. The Courtyard Studios at Irvine is just one of many studio complexes (big and small) run by WASPS and situated throughout Scotland. - [‘Towards the Lawers group, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-lawers-group-winter/) - Lawers group, mountain, hillwalking, scotland - [‘Quartzite screes, Arkle, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/quartzite-screes-arkle-sutherland/) - I started a small 30 x 30 cm painting based on one of the images I took on Arkle. This view is one looking across to the main summit ridge of Arkle from the broad stone covered slopes of its southern top. - [A good week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/north-ayrshire-exhibition-the-miller-prize-glasgow/) - This evening we’re going to the preview of the annual North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition. I entered two works for this show and luckily both were accepted, (images of the two paintings are shown here). - [‘Overlooking Strath Earn, October’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/overlooking-strath-earn-october/) - It was worth the half hour detour as beyond this point the ground dropped away sharply and you looked out over the broad Strath Earn. It was a beautiful and very tranquil scene as the shadows lengthened in the late afternoon light. - [If you’re in Edinburgh….?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/if-youre-in-edinburgh/) - On Thursday we went across to Edinburgh. The reason for this trip was to deliver some paintings to The Gallery on the Corner. The works include two of the small postcard size paintings, . . . - [‘From Beinn a’ Chrulaiste, March’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-beinn-a-chrulaiste-march/) - This is a view looking across the glen from the slopes of Beinn a’ Chrulaiste towards the face of Buachaille Etive Mor ….on this occasion, just breaking clear of the early morning mists that had been shrouding all the hills an hour earlier. This was back in March on a particularly fine day. - [Seeing the best of Ben Nevis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/seeing-the-best-of-ben-nevis/) - Once above the forest line though I started to realise just how big a lump of a hill Ben Nevis is. I thought the first cliffs were quite near but as we continued to walk towards them I realised we still had a good distance to walk. As we got closer the dark crags grew bigger and bigger and what I had thought was a single line of cliffs, became a series of great buttresses and a deep corrie – Coire na Ciste. - [‘A frozen February afternoon, Beinn an Dothaidh’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-frozen-february-afternoon-beinn-an-dothaidh/) - I’ve just, (I think) completed this painting after working on it ‘on and off’ for several months. It is based on a view we had a few years ago as we made our way below Beinn an Dothaidh and back to the car after a superb winter walk. We had traversed the hill in almost perfect winter conditions with the snow good and perfect for crampons. - [Stob Ghabhar …at last](https://www.keithsalmon.org/stob-ghabhar-at-last/) - Stob Ghabhar in the Blackmount is a fairly big hill, rising to 1090m and has a formidable east facing corrie. One route to its summit takes a ridge leading across from Stob a’ Choire Odhair, but this is narrow and in one place very narrow and exposed …..not a place for me these days. - [Sutherland coastline sketches](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sutherland-coastline-sketches/) - These are a couple of very quick sketches I did as I looked out over the Pentland Firth. The coastline at this point is very dramatic and on a couple of occasions (when the wind wasn’t blowing too hard) we walked down to a spot where you could overlook this amazing scene. I sat one afternoon watching the huge waves crash and batter the cliffs. - [New Work](https://www.keithsalmon.org/new-work/) - I’ve taken a break from the larger and slightly more abstract oil paintings I was doing and since returning from our holiday up in Sutherland, have been working on several smaller acrylic and pastel pieces. These paintings are based on views we had while walking in Sutherland and are slightly ‘tighter’ than much of the work I’ve been doing recently. - [All go on the Harbourside](https://www.keithsalmon.org/all-go-on-the-harbourside/) - Fingers crossed for a bit of good weather this weekend …not, as usual, because we want to go walking, but because this is the weekend of Irvine’s first Harbourside Cultural Festival. - [‘Towards Beinn Toaig, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-beinn-toaig-winter/) - ‘Towards Beinn Toaig, winter’, is based on a glimpsed view of the hill one winter morning. The cloud was breaking off of the top of the snow topped hill and the colours and patterns were very striking. This is quite a bold version of this view…. - [‘Evening, from Beinn a’ Chrulaiste, late March’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/evening-from-beinn-a-chrulaiste-late-march/) - ‘Evening, from Beinn a’ Chrulaiste, late March’, Oil on Canvas, 2012, 80 x 80 cm This is one of the paintings I was working on before I left for Sutherland. I posted several images of it on my Face Book page …to show the various stages the painting went through. I finally finished it a - [Back and busy](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-and-busy/) - Our holiday up north ended in grand style with our finally walking Ben Loyal on our last day. It turned out to be a long day …eleven and three quarter hours to be exact and we got back to the car about a quarter past eight in the evening. - [‘Canisp, Assynt’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/canisp-assynt/) - Another venture into the Northern Highlands with this week’s piece…..a few years old this painting and an early attempt to mix the pastel scribbles with the paint in a more abstract way. - [NE Sutherland Blog – part 2](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ne-sutherland-blog-part-2/) - ....when we drove south into the Flow Country to walk Ben Griam Beg. Last weekend we had tried to walk this hill and its neighbour, Ben Griam Mor together, but after walking the latter, we were unable to get over to Ben Griam Beg - [East Sutherland Blog – part 1](https://www.keithsalmon.org/east-sutherland-blog-part-1/) - Ben Loyal from Kyle of Tongue: We’ve had an interesting few days in East Sutherland. We have been staying in Kips Cottage, in Kirtomy – a small community perched on the north coast. - [‘Assynt coast line’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/assynt-coast-line/) - Another small piece from up north. I’m hoping that I’ll get some really interesting views from close by where we’re staying this year. - [‘Assynt sky-line’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/assynt-sky-line/) - We’re not going to Assynt again this year, but a little further north …well, about as far as you can go north on the mainland! We’ve rented a small cottage right on the coast not far from Bettyhill. - [A short piece about very little….but with one bit of good news.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-short-piece-about-very-little-but-with-one-bit-of-good-news/) - Some weeks are I guess, like this. Not much has happened really. We’ve not been away walking anywhere and have spent much of the time working. The thing is, I haven’t actually finished any paintings, or got any to a stage that I’d really want to show at the moment! But painting, (at least for me) is like that. Sometimes I just have to keep plodding on even if it does mean for the best part of a week, painting the wrong colours, putting the paint down in the wrong place and generally making a bit of a mess of things - [‘Towards the eastern shores of Loch Lomond’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/towards-the-eastern-shores-of-loch-lomond/) - Being unable to drive myself, I have the luxury of sitting and watching the scenery go by as we drive to and from the highlands. The views through the trees and over to the eastern side of Loch Lomond is very beautiful especially in the winter and spring, either first thing in the morning or in the last light of the evening. This little postcard picture tries to catch some of these colours and marks. - [A tale of two Meall Tionails …..](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-tale-of-two-meall-tionails/) - …as Anita said, ‘This is even better than I had imagined’ …and indeed it was. We arrived at the base of Meall Tionail and after a brief stop headed uphill on a mixture of grass and stone, crossing numerous small streams that were coming to life again with all the rain. - [‘Near Mid Hill, Luss’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/near-mid-hill-luss/) - This is a brand new little ‘post card’ sized painting. I completed it yesterday and seeing that we were walking near here on Sunday (see latest blog) I thought it appropriate to select it for this weeks artwork of the week. - [A big little walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-big-little-walk/) - One of the things I love about Scotland is that however well you think you know an area ….there is always something new to explore tucked away around the corner…..it’s great. - [‘From Conival, May’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-conival-may/) - I’ve revisited this scene a number of times both at a larger 80 x 80 cm size and as with this painting at the 30 x 30 cm size. It is based on the view we had looking NW from the rugged stone strewn back of Conical. - [Art at the Beresford Wine Bar and Gallery, Ayr](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-at-the-beresford-wine-bar-and-gallery-ayr/) - This time yesterday evening I was at the Beresford Wine Bar and Gallery in Ayr. I had been invited along with four of my Courtyard Studio colleagues – Chick McGeehan, Alison Thomas, David Reid and James O’Dea, to take part in a group exhibition at the Beresford gallery - [‘From the Mamores ridge, spring’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-the-mamores-ridge-spring/) - Only two weeks ago we were sat in bright warm sunshine looking north towards the Mamores from Beinn a’ Chrulaiste. The mountains of the Mamores still had large patches of snow on their steep flanks making everything look very dramatic. - [A slight change of subject matter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-slight-change-of-subject-matter/) - During my first year at the Courtyard I did a lot of harbour side drawings and paintings and now, almost nine years on, I’m going to do a few more. The reason for this is that another of the regular sights on Irvine harbour side looks soon to be gone ….to Australia apparently. . The wonderful old ship the ‘City of Adelaide’ that has been sat on a slipway about a kilometre up river from the Courtyard is to be moved and taken to Australia to be restored. - [Back! A short picture blog](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-a-short-picture-blog/) - 1. I’ve just got back from a few days away doing some walking. I was staying with a few friends in a lodge on the east shore of Loch Lomond at a place called Rowardennan. This is the view across the loch from near our lodge. 2. Perfect weather for a walk up the Cobbler - [‘Glen Etive, winter afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/glen-etive-winter-afternoon/) - Yesterday we were walking on a hill called Beinn a’ Chrulaiste. It rises on the north side of the A82 and from its top you look south into Glen Etive. This painting is based on the same view … - [Spring is here…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-is-here/) - We’d been wanting to revisit Beinn a’ Chrulaiste for a while …it’s in a great location, placed as it is between Rannoch Moor and at the heads of Glen Etive and Glen Coe. In the past though we’d either failed to get to the top and / or the weather had been dreadful. - [‘Late March, above Loch Rannoch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/late-march-above-loch-rannoch/) - This is a view looking west from a point a few hundred feet below the summit of Beinn a’ Chuallaich…..with Loch Rannoch down below. This is an excellent little hill and makes for a good walk …definitely recommended. - [A long day](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-long-day/) - .... we decided to drive up to Kinloch Rannoch at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch. Just to the north east of the village is Beinn a’ Chuallaich and it was this hill that we aimed to walk. - [‘A walk in the wild, winter, east of Drumochter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-walk-in-the-wild-winter-east-of-drumochter/) - As I’ve said in the past, I’ve been trying over the years to do paintings that can be enjoyed both as Scottish Landscape as well as for their abstract qualities. Trying to get the balance right is something I’ve found very difficult but this painting I think, works on both levels quite well. - [The Pentland Hills 2 – from Turnhouse Hill to East Kip via Carnethy Hill and Scald Law …..a grand little day out! ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-pentland-hills-2-from-turnhouse-hill-to-east-kip-via-carnethy-hill-and-scald-law-a-grand-little-day-out/) - Keith shares with us the beauty that can be found in the Pentland Hills. - [‘After a walk in the snow, looking back from Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/after-a-walk-in-the-snow-looking-back-from-rannoch-moor/) - Keith recalls a walk in Glen Coe: "Eventually we got to the top of the Devil’s Staircase and all about was white …" and the painting that it helped create. - [On the go](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-the-go/) - Keith talks about his walk on the Pentland hills and of his latest artworks. - [‘Spring, below Mid Hill’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-below-mid-hill/) - ‘Spring, below Mid Hill’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2012, 210 x 148 mm I’ve been working on a few more of the little post card sized paintings while I have been waiting for the larger oil on canvas paintings to dry. This is one of them …based on a couple of larger paintings I did several - [Back on the hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-on-the-hill/) - It had been a few weeks since we last went for a walk and so when we saw the forecast for Sunday ….dry, cold and sunny ….we just had to make the most of it. - [‘West, above the Blackwater Reservoir’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-above-the-blackwater-reservoir/) - As we stopped for lunch at a low point on the back of the hill, the clouds broke to give this wonderful snowy view out over the Blackwater Reservoir. - [Booked](https://www.keithsalmon.org/booked/) - I’ve been looking in the hill guides and one hill that does attract me …although it’ll be a little bit of a drive, is Morven. It is 706 m and is apparently the highest point in Caithness. - [‘Dusk, on Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/dusk-on-rannoch-moor/) - I’ve been playing around with the colours, using greens, blues and copper to try and put across something of the last light of day as we’ve experienced it a few times driving across Rannoch Moor. - [Where to go?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/where-to-go/) - Keith is trying to find a beautiful are in the northerly Scottish mountains to take his next vacation - check out his pictures and offer suggestions..... - [Work in progress](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-in-progress/) - work in progress - [Studio E](https://www.keithsalmon.org/studio-e/) - It has been just over four months since I moved out of Studio E and into the bigger space in Studio J. As I’ve said previously, . . . - [‘Memories of rain, mist and melting snow, Beinn Chonzie, winter 2007’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/memories-of-rain-mist-and-melting-snow-beinn-chonzie-winter-2007/) - The piece is based on a day back in 2007 when we walked Beinn Chonzie in pretty foul conditions. The cloud was low and the wind was increasing as the day went by. - [What a week!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/what-a-week/) - Keith discusses his latest walk on Eaglesham Moor, some problems at the studios with leases and possible exhibitions in Germany and Ireland. - [‘Beinn Toaig, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/beinn-toaig-winter/) - Still on the theme of post card sized paintings, this is another of the recent small works I’ve completed. As with the previous ones, this is based on earlier larger paintings of the same subject ….Beinn Toaig in winter. - [Back to Ben Chonzie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-to-ben-chonzie/) - Keith present some absolutely beautiful photos of his day on Ben Chonzie accompanied by his fabulous blog of his trip to Ben Chonzie near Loch Turret. - [‘Autumn mists, Glen Lyon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/autumn-mists-glen-lyon/) - This Scottish landscape artwork is based on the beautiful autumn colours we experienced a year or so ago while driving through Glen Lyon en route to one of the hills, this little piece is quite abstract but hopefully conveys some of the colour and atmosphere of that beautiful morning. - [A shift in scale – The Big Postcard Show – Scotlandart.com, Edinburgh – 19th January – 19th February 2012 ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-shift-in-scale-the-big-postcard-show-scotlandart-com-edinburgh-19th-january-19th-february-2012/) - if you’re living in or around Edinburgh or plan to visit in the next month, why not pop along to see ‘The Big Postcard Show’ at the Scotlandart gallery? The show will have work by around 60 artists including, Mark Edwards, Chris Forsey, Ian Elliot, Scott Caruthers, Lesley Anne Derks….and myself…..it will comprise around 120 works. The Big Postcard Show – 19TH January – 19th February 2012 - [‘From Beinn a’ Chliabhain, Isle of Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-beinn-a-chliabhain-isle-of-arran/) - Beinn a’ Chliabhain is the rugged hill rising on your left as you walk up Glen Rosa. Yesterday we only saw it for a short time before it was gradually wrapped in cloud and rain. On the day though that this painting was based on, instead of the cloud coming down, it was breaking and clearing. - [A brief lull ….](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-brief-lull/) - Keith describes a lovely winter's day walk on the Isle of Arran. Several photos showing landscapes for future artworks! - ['Looking for Carn a' Gheoidh, Winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/looking-for-carn-a-gheoidh-winter/) - The wee painting / drawing was done after an interesting and somewhat scary incident on the hills to the west of Glen Shee in early December a number of years ago. We’d walked up and over the Cairnwell directly above the Glen Shee ski centre and had then headed out for the next Munro, Carn a’ Gheoidh, only for the cloud to fill in quite dramatically. - [A week of work](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-week-of-work/) - Following our fabulous short day in the snow above Loch Lomond last Saturday, I’ve been down the studio every day since. The new layout seems to be working much better and I’m already starting to feel more at home now. The light is still difficult but it is at least fairly constant and that has made a big difference. - [‘On Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-rannoch-moor’-2/) - This is another of my recent Rannoch Moor paintings. This moor can be enjoyed under all conditions. This picture tries to capture one of its brighter moments when the sun livens all the colours and the moor turns from a place of sombre moods to one of vibrancy and life. - [At last!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/at-last/) - Across the loch to the NE, Ben Lomond looked beautiful under the snow, as did all the smaller Luss Hills. In fact, with the snow, deep shadows and bright sun, you had to make yourself remember these were only 650m … - [Moving around](https://www.keithsalmon.org/moving-around/) - Keith presents his new studio and the changes he has had to make due to his limited sight and vision problems. his latest works can be seen in The Framework Gallery, Troon. - [‘From the east ridge of Ben Lui, April afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘from-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui-april-afternoon’/) - The latest of the new small paintings, this is revisiting a scene I first painted as a 30 x 30 cm piece. Based on a wonderful day a few years ago when we did our first proper winter scramble. - [‘A winter morning, east of Drumochter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘a-winter-morning-east-of-drumochter’/) - This is a painting based on a very cold day I spent with my mate Guy the other year on the hills to the east of Drumochter Pass. Once you’ve hauled yourself up the steep flanks of these hills from the road, it’s a high, bleak and very wild area of undulating moor. Two of the higher bumps are classified as Munros and lie I guess, about four miles apart. - [Starting again!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/starting-again/) - Keith talks about how he is starting to paint with oils again and the challenges he is facing . . . - [‘From Ben Oss, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘from-ben-oss-winter’/) - 'From Ben Oss, Winter': An abstract Scottish landscape painting from the studio of Keith Salmon. - [A mixed bag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-mixed-bag/) - I honestly can’t say that it’s been a particularly productive week so far this week but it has been quite busy all the same. My week started with a visit to my studio from photographer Chris McNulty and a journalist friend called Julie Anne. Chris had photographed a load of my work back last year - [‘Moor land mist’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘moor-land-mist’/) - Keith presents a wonderful example of his scottish landscape paintings: ‘Moor land mist’ is a work full of colour and is typical of Keith´s depiction of scottish scenery. - [Variations on a theme](https://www.keithsalmon.org/variations-on-a-theme/) - Scottish landscape artist Keith Salmon talks about how some of his works are variations on the same theme - in this case, a winter´s day walk near Braemar. - [‘LochTay from Beinn Ghlas’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘lochtay-from-beinn-ghlas’/) - On the day this painting was based on, we’d walked to the summit of Ben Lawers in rain and cloud, but as we returned back along the ridge towards Beinn Ghlas, drier, brighter weather moved in and we had some wonderful views down to Loch Tay far below. - [Catching up](https://www.keithsalmon.org/catching-up/) - Keith is back from Speyer and is settling into his new studio in The Courtyard Studios, Irvine. - [‘South of Speyer’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘south-of-speyer’/) - This was one of the paintings I completed while in Speyer last summer, 2010. It was one of just two that were based on the rural landscape of the region as I spent most of my time in the city. However on the few occasions I did go out into the countryside and hills, I was particularly impressed by the colours and lines created by the vine yards. - [A look back at Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-look-back-at-speyer/) - Keith details his exhibition in Speyer, Germany of his paintings of the Scottish hills and tells us of his time there. - [‘Paintings from the hill’, Gallery Q, Dundee– October 22nd – November 11th 2011](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘paintings-from-the-hill’-gallery-q-dundee–-october-22nd-–-november-11th-2011/) - Info on three simultaneous exhibitions of Keith Salmon´s artwork: Dundee - Scotland, Battersea - London and Speyer - Germany. - [‘NE from Arkle, Sutherland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘ne-from-arkle-sutherland’/) - ‘NE from Arkle, Sutherland’ is one of the paintings that will be showing at Gallery Q in Dundee(22nd October –11 November 2011). It’s based on the day back in May when we walked part way up Arkle …in the far northwest of Scotland. - [Away!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/away/) - Keith discusses the logistics of arranging three exhibitions at the same time in distant geographical zones and posts his latest works of the Scottish landscapes in painting. - [‘Winter afternoon, Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-afternoon-rannoch-moor’/) - Here is another of my recent Rannoch Moor paintings. This painting is now hanging in the Künstlerhaus in Speyer as part of my exhibition of Scottish Landscape paintings. - [100 not out …but no telegram from the Queen!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/100-not-out-…but-no-telegram-from-the-queen/) - Well, according to my records …this is my 100th blog ….give or take one or two that is. I’ve quite enjoyed writing these blogs, admittedly, some more than others. Some weeks it’s easy ….. - [‘On Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-rannoch-moor’/) - This is certainly one of the brightest paintings that I’ve done of Rannoch Moor and although it can be a dark and brooding place in poor weather, when the sun comes out it can be full of colour. - [Changes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/changes/) - Keith updates us on his change of artist studio. - [‘In the Bridge of Orchy Hills, late afternoon, January’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘in-the-bridge-of-orchy-hills-late-afternoon-january’/) - I’ve been trying to capture that wonderful colour the snow goes as the sun sets in winter …but this has been difficult for me as I really struggle to see red against other colours. - [Behind the paint](https://www.keithsalmon.org/behind-the-paint/) - Keith gives a very interesting description of what it is really like to be an artist! - "The last week has been a fairly typical week recently ….lots of painting. But behind every finished and exhibited painting there’s a safe full of other tasks. . . ." - [‘Below Sail Garbh – work in progress’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘below-sail-garbh-–-work-in-progress’/) - I think it is good that people can see not just the ‘finished work’….the good stuff, but also the work that so often has to be done to get there. I think my website and Face Book page should also be a little like this too. - [Heading for Goat Fell on the 7am ferry…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/heading-for-goat-fell-on-the-7am-ferry…/) - …what better place to go than Goat Fell over on the Isle of Arran. On a clear day the views from its summit must be some of the best in Scotland and for us living just across the water in Irvine; it has the advantage of virtually no driving, and the luxury of getting breakfast during the 55 minute crossing between Ardrossan and Brodick. You arrive in the picturesque little town of Brodick and can see many of the big Arran hills (including Goat Fell) rising just to the north. - [Not long to WASPS Open Studios Weekend – October 1st and 2nd ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/not-long-to-wasps-open-studios-weekend-–-october-1st-and-2nd/) - It’s that time of year again ….just three weeks until the annual WASPS Open Studios Weekend. It’s always a good opportunity to promote your work to a wider audience and to make a sale or two if lucky. It’s also very enjoyable meeting the visitors … - [‘Beallach’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘beallach’/) - This is one of my pastel ‘scribbles’, done a few years ago. Not really based on any particular place this drawing was really more an experiment with colour and mark. This piece however, along with other drawings I did at the time, did lead to the more finished pieces I currently produce. - [Work in progress – ‘The gold hills, near Wanlockhead’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-in-progress-–-‘the-gold-hills-near-wanlockhead’/) - The hills around Wanlockhead contain gold apparently. Indeed, I’m sure I’ve heard that the gold panning championships have been held in this area of Scotland’s Southern Uplands in the past. - [Small world](https://www.keithsalmon.org/small-world/) - The images with this blog show two of the paintings I currently have on display at The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Centre. - [Gripe of the week…..!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/gripe-of-the-week…/) - After spending £150,000 on building work …and perhaps a bit of a gripe on my part …it’s been a year now and we still haven’t got any signs saying what we are …and, as importantly …that people are welcome to come in - [‘November afternoon, below Stob Coire Raineach’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘november-afternoon-below-stob-coire-raineach’/) - Stob Coire Raineach always draws my attention …we did a scramble up the front of this hill a number of years ago with our friend Guy. I remember one especially slippery little set of crags we had to get over … - [‘Harbour side, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘harbour-side-winter’/) - I did this back in 2004 after a short wander along the harbour side on a very cold and slightly snowy morning. I’ve always liked the colours in this …a bit bright and garish but quite interesting. - [Ailsa Craig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ailsa-craig/) - Ailsa Craig …the amazing plug of rock that rises abruptly from the sea a good few miles to the south of Irvine. When the Atlantic weather systems are in charge this distinctive island disappears into the mist and the sea, ..... - [‘Beinn Nuis, Isle of Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘beinn-nuis-isle-of-arran’/) - I did this painting a couple of years ago after an interesting walk up into the Arran Hills. It had been a particularly cloudy day with the hills well shrouded in mist as we’d headed up the Arran Hills. - [A short walk on the Isle of Arran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-short-walk-on-the-isle-of-arran/) - This week Keith, Anita and a friend Norma walk some small hills around Arran taking in views of Goat Fell and the Holy Isle and enjoys an Arran Brewery beer on the way back on the Arran ferry. - [‘One small step’ – my first real venture into the United States of America](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘one-small-step’-–-my-first-real-venture-into-the-united-states-of-america/) - I’m sending five paintings to the Green Drake Gallery in Pennsylvania. These five pieces together with two others they already hold will be part of their ‘Taste of Scotland’ exhibition that takes place in September. - [‘On Beinn a’ Ghlo, Autumn’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-beinn-a’-ghlo-autumn’-2/) - This painting is closely based on a small piece I did several years ago. This was completed after a walk on the high broad stone covered ridges of Beinn a’ Ghlo. It had been a day of great contrasts – heavy very dark clouds but with occasional breaks, allowing bright sunshine through and creating wonderful colours. This recent painting is more abstract I guess. I’ve just been concentrating on the colours, marks and texture. - [Sign of the times](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sign-of-the-times/) - Visiting Blairmore Gallery makes for a great little day out …especially if you drive up via Loch Lomond and return via the ferry…..and who knows, you may even see a porpoise en route! - [Paint, paint, walk!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/paint-paint-walk/) - We were tracking the weather via the Mountain Weather Information Service and as the weather was superb over in the west of Scotland a trip to the Ben Cruachan group of hills seemed like the place to go. Over the last few years we’ve walked most of these large and rugged mountains but there is one hill we’ve never visited …Beinn a’ Bhuidh. - [‘Winter afternoon, Beinn Dorain’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-afternoon-beinn-dorain’-2/) - This latest painting is one of two pieces based on the slopes of Beinn Dorain on a rather drab winter afternoon. This hill appears most dramatically as you drive north between Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy. - [Beinn an Lochain – a view from the top](https://www.keithsalmon.org/beinn-an-lochain-–-a-view-from-the-top/) - Already my chance of finally getting a view from the top of Beinn an Lochain were looking bleak, but it was early and so perhaps in time this blanket of cloud would lift and break. So, what to do? . . . - [‘On the ridge to Am Bodach, Spring’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-the-ridge-to-am-bodach-spring’/) - Although this painting is still based on the wonderful section of ridge between the top of the Devil’s Staircase and Am Bodach, this piece is I guess more about the paint, the composition and the marks. - [‘Winter patterns, Beinn Dorain’ - work in progress](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-patterns-beinn-dorain’-work-in-progress/) - As we were driving back along the A82 just past Bridge of Orchy we got some amazing views across to the flanks of Beinn Dorain. These slopes are cut by numerous eroded gullies and after the snowfall of the weekend we saw an amazing pattern of snow and grass and crag. - [A good week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-good-week/) - The week started well though with a very enjoyable day on the hill. With the forecast looking very good we’d decided to go back to Glen Lochy and once again head for Creag Mhor …the 1047m Munro that lies at the western end of the glen. - [‘On the east ridge of Ben Lui, Spring’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui-spring’/) - ‘On the east ridge of Ben Lui, spring’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 30 x 30 cm This small painting looks back to one of the finest winter days I’ve had on the hill. We’d had a (for me) quite challenging scramble up the steep slopes of the east ridge of Ben Lui, reaching - [Jolomo Awards 2011](https://www.keithsalmon.org/jolomo-awards-2011/) - After all the time I spent on the Jolomo Awards speech, I decided just 24 hours before giving it ..that I’d say something completely different! What am I like?!! - [‘Near Achmelvich, Assynt’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘near-achmelvich-assynt’/) - This is one of the small sketches that I’ve included in the exhibition at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon. It is one of the drawings I did while staying in Achmelvich in Assynt in May 2009. - [Back out again …at last!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-out-again-…at-last/) - It’s been a few weeks since we were out on the hills and I been getting withdrawal symptoms! Yesterday then, we decided to do a walk over Beinn Each and Beinn Lochain to Dome Hill. - [‘Work in progress – continued – Above Dalwhinnie’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘work-in-progress-–-continued-–-above-dalwhinnie’/) - 'Above Dalwhinnie' - work in progress ‘Work in progress – continued – Above Dalwhinnie’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 80 x 80 cm Last week I posted a photo of a painting that I was working on. This week I thought it might be interesting to show you the same painting ….but in a more advanced - [Exhibition of recent work – Blairmore Gallery – June 10th – July 20th 2011](https://www.keithsalmon.org/exhibition-of-recent-work-–-blairmore-gallery-–-june-10th-–-july-20th-2011/) - I’ve been exhibiting work at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon, for the last five or six years and this year I’ve been asked to put on an exhibition of my painting and drawings for six weeks. - [South ….and south again](https://www.keithsalmon.org/south-…-and-south-again/) - I often say to people that I think we live in the perfect location for hill walking despite the fact that it is probably the flattest part of the whole of west Scotland. We have the idyllic Isle of Arran just an hour away across the water; - [Work in Progress – 'Above Dalwhinnie'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-in-progress-–-above-dalwhinnie/) - I’ve been working on this 80 x 80 cm painting for the last few days. It is as it says above ….work in progress and has a fair amount of painting still to been done on it. - [‘The Cobbler from Ben Donich – a damp summer day’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘the-cobbler-from-ben-donich-–-a-damp-summer-day’/) - The Arrochar hills are a fine group of hills all packed into quite a small area. Although not the highest, the Cobbler is without doubt the most eye catching with its distinctive outline. - [A somewhat uneventful week!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-somewhat-uneventful-week/) - I am keen to try and get some paintings done based on both Quinag and Braebag in Assynt. They are very different hills, the former being steep sided and quite complex, the latter just a simple quartz covered whale back …… - [Back to work …with a bit of walking as well](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-to-work-…with-a-bit-of-walking-as-well/) - I’m pleased to say that yesterday I completed one of the big 80 x 80 cm pieces and have brought the other two paintings on quite well. I’ll be back down the studio later this morning for another eight hours - [‘On Ben Oss, winter afternoon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-ben-oss-winter-afternoon’/) - The snow stopped as we arrived at the summit and after a short while the cloud started to break. We got glimpses down into Cononish glen and across to Ben Lui and Beinn Chuirn. - [Filling in the gap](https://www.keithsalmon.org/filling-in-the-gap/) - We’ve been away on holiday to Assynt for the last couple of weeks and I decided that a short break would do me good. I am as I write, sitting in the caravan we’ve rented at Achmelvich just a few miles to the north of Lochinver in the north west of Scotland. - ['Assynt 2011, Quinag sketch'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/assynt-2011-quinag-sketch/) - This is one of the quick sketches I did while up in Assynt and Sutherland during the last couple of weeks. In the past I’ve always used a black drawing pen, but decided this year to use a soft graphite pencil instead. - [Big is not always best-but it may be the right way to go](https://www.keithsalmon.org/big-is-not-always-best-…but-it-may-be-the-right-way-to-go/) - I am certainly not going to abandon the small pieces entirely …I enjoy doing them and they quite often themselves lead to larger paintings. I am though, going to put a much greater emphasis on the bigger paintings - [‘October morning, below Goat fell, Isle of Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘october-morning-below-goat-fell-isle-of-arran’/) - Arran’s highest hill, Goat fell, always looks good but it seems to me particularly so in the autumn when the trees are turning and the days are drawing in. This recent painting is based on just such a day. - [Wrong!!!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/wrong/) - As we walked back along the track in Glen Lochay last Sunday afternoon, we met a chap who was looking for his wife. They’d been descending from Beinn Heasgarnich and had somehow drifted apart. - [‘Assynt skyline, May’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘assynt-skyline-may’/) - This little painting is based on a view we had the last time we were in Assynt. On the occasion we were on the coast looking towards the wonderful hills. - [What’s the weather like in April?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/what’s-the-weather-like-in-april/) - Indeed, on an April day a few years ago, we had very snowy conditions on the east ridge of Ben More. April can be a wonderful month but it really is a delicate balance between winter and summer, especially in the Scottish mountains. - [‘Harbour side, Irvine’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘harbour-side-irvine’/) - As from the middle of last week, this scene no longer exists! The wonderful old crane has been dismantled and moved to the yard at the Maritime Museum - [Dismantled crane ….a taste of things to come?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/dismantled-crane-…-a-taste-of-things-to-come/) - Until three days ago, just 200 m up the road was an old crane, one of several that used to be used to load and unload vessels visiting Irvine. Even to an outsider like me, it seemed to be an important part of the harbour side, indeed of Irvine’s history …..It was definitely a local landmark and one that gave interest to this wonderful harbour side. - [‘Ptarmigan, early spring, Loch Lomond National Park’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘ptarmigan-early-spring-loch-lomond-national-park’/) - Despite having walked this hill a good many times over the last few years, I’ve only tried to do a painting of it a couple of times. This painting is based on the view I had looking through my monocular towards the steep upper section of the Ptarmigan ridge on Ben Lomond. - [Ben Lomond](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ben-lomond/) - It really doesn’t matter that this is one of the most popular hills in Scotland and that thousands of people make their way to its summit each year; it really is a very fine hill. - [‘Above Loch Tulla, passing shower’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘above-loch-tulla-passing-shower’/) - With my sight as it is, I rarely get to see rainbows …most are far too feint for me to see. Occasionally though if the skies are very dark and dramatic, I can make them out. - [It’s been a busy week….](https://www.keithsalmon.org/it’s-been-a-busy-week…/) - Beinn Damhain lies just to the NW of the northern end of Loch Lomond and is a hill I first visited about eighteen months ago on a very wet and windy day. - [Back on the Harbourside](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-on-the-harbourside/) - You know, it really is good to be back on the Harbourside. Over the last week I have seen it under a great variety of conditions. - [‘Glasgow scene 1’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘glasgow-scene-1’/) - As you know, most of my paintings are about the natural environment and in particular the upland landscape of Scotland. I do though, occasionally work on paintings about the man made landscape and this little painting . . . - [Looking ahead to the summer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/looking-ahead-to-the-summer/) - Beinn Sgulaird is a large hill, grass covered on its lower slopes but predominantly rocky higher up with a couple of rocky tops to go over before reaching the summit at 937m - [‘Break in the cloud’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘break-in-the-cloud’/) - Glen Falloch, Ben Oss - [Lochlyock Hill and back, via Tinto!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/lochlyock-hill-and-back-via-tinto/) - .... our original plan had been to go up to Glencoe and to walk Beinn a’ Chrulaiste. It’s a hill we’ve visited before but is in a great location …sitting as it does on the opposite side of the glen to Buachaille Etive Mor, and right on the edge of Rannoch Moor. - [‘Winter patterns, west Highlands’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-patterns-west-highlands’/) - This is one of my pastel drawings…. an ‘organised scribble’! It is done in water soluble pastel on white paper and is based on a rather cold and misty view we had a number of years ago while up in the hills above Glen Coe. - [3oo miles apart](https://www.keithsalmon.org/3oo-miles-apart/) - The Shropshire Hills are not huge, but offer wonderful views all around. Strangely, this area of low, steep sided hills, intersected by deep, stream filled valleys is rather similar to the Ochill hills, near Stirling. - [‘October morning, Glen Lyon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘october-morning-glen-lyon’/) - ‘October morning, Glen Lyon’, Acrylic & Pastel, 22 x 22 cm - Beautiful abstract landscape painting with reddish browns, golds and greys. - [Wide open spaces](https://www.keithsalmon.org/wide-open-spaces/) - For the first time since I moved into my present studio space …the walls are almost completely empty. Usually I have paintings hanging on the biggest wall and there are always others propped against it too. For a month now though I have the extra wall space as nearly all my work is out on exhibition. - [‘Drumochter sketch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘drumochter-sketch’/) - ‘Drumochter sketch is one of two such drawings currently being exhibited in my exhibition ‘On the hill – impressions of the Scottish upland landscape’, at The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. - [Just right…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/just-right…/) - As we descended though, the cloud started to lift and break all around and we got wonderful views of Loch Tulla and the remnants of the Caledonian Forest all shown to their advantage in the bright late afternoon sunlight. - [‘Overlooking Glen Coe’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘overlooking-glen-coe’/) - ‘Overlooking Glen Coe’ is currently on display as part of my exhibition at The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. - [Light relief](https://www.keithsalmon.org/light-relief/) - Guy had plotted a nice route that led up onto Fairlie Moor and along its western edge over Whatside Hill before descending into and then walking through Kelburn Glen and on along the shore to Largs. - [‘Below Canisp, Assynt’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘below-canisp-assynt’/) - I started this little painting around a year ago but just found it a short while ago along with some blank primed painting boards ….and decided to have a crack at finishing it. It’s based on the wild spot immediately below Canisp in Assynt. - [A change for the better](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-change-for-the-better/) - Ever since I first picked up a paint brush I’ve been told time and time again …‘don’t go back to a painting once it is finished’. Everyone, it seems, knows this, but I’m not sure quite how many people who paint actually adhere to this….come on,….it’s just too tempting isn’t it! - [Calling in the professionals](https://www.keithsalmon.org/calling-in-the-professionals/) - ....you may remember I was asked to write an article for ‘The Nature of Scotland’ …the magazine produced by Scottish Natural Heritage. - [‘Breaking mists, the Pap of Glen Coe’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘breaking-mists-the-pap-of-glen-coe’/) - Based on a couple of earlier smaller paintings I did, this tries to capture the moment when the thick cloud suddenly broke and we got brief but beautiful views across to the Pap of Glen Coe and down towards Loch Leven. - [To Conic Hill and back](https://www.keithsalmon.org/to-conic-hill-and-back/) - Once beyond the edge of the forest though, the sun had softened the ground the path picks its way over grassy hillside making its way towards Conic Hill. The southern end of Loch Lomond looked great in the bright morning light and the winter colours were vivid and bright at times. - ['Towards Am Bodach, Glen Coe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘towards-am-bodach-glen-coe/) - The ridge starts as a broad rough grassy shoulder at the point where the West Highland Way crosses at the top of the Devils Staircase. It gradually turns into a more defined ridge and continues over several tops all the way to Am Bodach …and the start of the Aonach Eagach - [A small hill….in a very big landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-small-hill…-in-a-very-big-landscape/) - The only photo I actually have of this little hill is ….well, rather vague ….Anita had to find it for me and mark it with an arrow! As I say, it’s a little hill in a very big landscape. - ['In Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/in-glen-rosa-isle-of-arran/) - Everything certainly looks very beautiful again and when I was down on the harbour side earlier this morning, the snow covered mountains over on the Isle of Arran were standing out quite clearly ….viewed through my monocular that is! - [Getting there](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-there/) - Every few days now for the last month or so, I’ve stopped what I’m doing and spent five minutes counting paintings! Not that I’m panicking or anything ….just checking that I’ll have enough work ready for my exhibition at The Strathearn Gallery …..that opens on February 12th….PANIC! Seriously though, I’m starting to get there and - [‘Autumn hillside, above Crieff’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘autumn-hillside-above-crieff’/) - This is one of my recent paintings and is one of several that I have been working on based on the beautiful upland countryside near Crieff, in Perthshire. - [Backward and forward](https://www.keithsalmon.org/backward-and-forward/) - I’m sat here, typing this on New Years’ Eve and looking back, it has been a pretty good year. I have certainly got a lot of work done and sales of paintings, if rather slow, have been quite steady, despite all the economic woes. - [Seasons Greetings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/seasons-greetings/) - . . . the work for the show at Strathearn is coming on well and although I have almost daily panics …causing me to count and re count the work that I have ready, I should have everything completed and framed by the end of January and in time to get it delivered to the gallery for hanging. - [Drawing away from the cold](https://www.keithsalmon.org/drawing-away-from-the-cold/) - Right, well, as a reminder of the type of pencil / graphite drawings I’ve done in the past, I’ll include a couple of images with this blog. Hopefully by Saturday I’ll have a new drawing to show you. - [Bugged, snowed on, frozen and no work worked for six days!....Slacking or what?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/bugged-snowed-on-frozen-and-no-work-worked-for-six-days-slacking-or-what/) - From the house you can follow an old disused railway line up to the edge of Eglinton Country Park and from their follow any number of paths through the rough mixture of grass and woodland. It makes a very pleasant wander and with the snow down it looked great even under the dark grey skies. - [Snap!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/snap/) - ... the reason for rambling on about photographs and cameras is that we’re holding a small Christmas Affordable Art Fair at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine on Sunday 5th December and Sunday 19th December. - [A day on Beinn Chuirn …..but not on good form](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-day-on-beinn-chuirn-…-but-not-on-good-form/) - There was a dusting of snow on the ground at Tyndrum but most of the hills around had little or no snow on them. As the path entered the Cononish glen though, we got our first view of Ben Lui …and it was well covered with snow. It looked superb and all of its 1100m. Its neighbour, Beinn Chuirn (880m) was though, virtually clear of the white stuff. - [“From Ben Lui”](https://www.keithsalmon.org/“from-ben-lui”/) - This painting is one I did after a fine day clambering up part of the east ridge of this mountain. It’s an impression of the view we had from a point about half way up the ridge. - [“Ben Ledi from Benvane, April afternoon”](https://www.keithsalmon.org/“ben-ledi-from-benvane-april-afternoon”/) - I thought I’d use this painting today as my current blog is all about our latest visit to Ben Ledi. - [Sunday on Ben Ledi](https://www.keithsalmon.org/sunday-on-ben-ledi/) - Well we’re at long last starting to get back out on the hills a little more regularly and last Sunday we took advantage of another fine day to head for the popular hill Ben Ledi. - [A quick trip to Crieff ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-quick-trip-to-crieff/) - A couple of weeks ago The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff took six of my paintings with them down to the Battersea Park Affordable Art Fair. They sold two of the paintings and so ...... - [“From Carn Chois, above Loch Turret"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/“from-carn-chois-above-loch-turret/) - .... I was trying to get something that put over a little of the scratchy nature of these upland heather moors especially as we experienced them with a slight scattering of snow on them. - [A Perfect day for spiders](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-perfect-day-for-spiders/) - For anyone who hasn’t come across these wonderful little instep crampons …(for some reason known as spiders) well, they are a pair of small plastic plates in which are mounted eight pointed metal studs. - [“In the Mamores, Spring”](https://www.keithsalmon.org/“in-the-mamores-spring”/) - This little painting is based on the view looking north from the ridge as you approach Stob Coire a’ Chairn and shows the very shapely top of An Garbhanach. - [Research work!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/research-work/) - ... it made perfect sense to start painting the wilder parts of the Scottish landscape ....and of course, now my days away on the hill could be called research work! - ['From Ghlas Beinne, Rannoch Moor – frozen lochs'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/from-ghlas-beinne-rannoch-moor-–-frozen-lochs/) - This, as anyone who has been following my work for the last year will see, is another in the series of small paintings I’ve been doing based on a trip last winter to Rannoch Moor. - [“New Gallery Artists”, ScotlandArt.com – Edinburgh Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/“new-gallery-artists”-scotlandart-com-–-edinburgh-gallery/) - Keith Salmon exhibits his latest scottish landscape art at the Scotland Art gallery in Edinburgh. - [A perfect October walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-perfect-october-walk/) - Landscape artist Keith Salmon blogs about an inspiring walk above Tyndrum in Scotland. He uses these walks as inspiration for the creation of his landscape art. - [‘January afternoon, the Rest and Be Thankful’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘january-afternoon-the-rest-and-be-thankful’/) - This painting is based on the view of Beinn Luibhean as we saw it on an icy January day the other winter. I’ve use quite large brushes on this painting, applying much of the translucent paint in broad strokes. - [‘Mists clearing Beinn Toaig’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘mists-clearing-beinn-toaig’/) - Beinn Toaig is a fine hill that rises above Loch Tulla and is backed by its higher neighbour Stob a’ Coire Odhair. It makes a fine route to climb these two hills together, starting from near Victoria Bridge . . . . . - [Battersea Park Affordable Art Fair – with The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/battersea-park-affordable-art-fair-–-with-the-strathearn-gallery-crieff/) - The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff, asked me if I could let them have six paintings for the Battersea Park Affordable Art Fair. The gallery is taking a stand at the fair this autumn and it seems a great opportunity. - [A busy week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-busy-week/) - As we were holding our studio open weekend at the Courtyard at the weekend, there was no time for us to stay down in London to enjoy a few days of gallery visits and wandering the city - [Beinn Dubh ....or bust!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/beinn-dubh-or-bust/) - Landscape artist Keith Salmon describes his walk up Beinn Dubh shortly after returning from Germany: "You quickly gain height and the views out over the southern end of Loch Lomond open out with every step...." - [Beinn Dorain and the Bridge of Orchy Hills, April](https://www.keithsalmon.org/beinn-dorain-and-the-bridge-of-orchy-hills-april/) - This is a new version of the view from the summit of Beinn Odhar and it will be exhibited as part of a ‘New gallery artists’ exhibition at Scotlandart.com Edinburgh gallery. The exhibition will open in late October. More info re this nearer the time. - ["Bracken, Beinn Dubh, Luss"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/bracken-beinn-dubh-luss/) - "Bracken, Beinn Dubh, Luss": I did this painting back in 2007 and it is a little different from most of my stuff. - [A change of scene](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-change-of-scene/) - The work was planned to last until around the start of July and in a way, it was perfect timing for me as I would miss much of the disruption. As it turned out . . . . - ["Upland scene"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/upland-scene/) - This is one of the big paintings I did a couple of years ago and since returning from Speyer, I’m starting to think about doing some more pieces on this or a similar scale. - [‘From Beinn Inverveigh, October’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘from-beinn-inverveigh-october’/) - For a while the sky got brighter and the wonderful colours of the various grasses, heathers and bracken were rally intense. - [Well then, that just about wraps it up...](https://www.keithsalmon.org/well-then-that-just-about-wraps-it-up/) - Despite my worries about how I’d cope with little sight and not speaking the language, it’s been a wonderful time. Everyone has been so friendly and helpful and I’ll leave on Thursday with some great memories and some real friends. - [Pfalz landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/pfalz-landscape/) - This new painting is based on the view from the edge of the hills, overlooking the vineyards and out over the Rhein plain to the hills of the Black Forest beyond. - [Exhibition on](https://www.keithsalmon.org/exhibition-on/) - This being the Pfalz, there was plenty of local wine flowing and by the end of the evening I had sold 2 paintings. . . - [‘Late March, above Loch Rannoch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘late-march-above-loch-rannoch’/) - This painting is based on the splendid view one gets when on the grassy and heather clad hills above Loch Rannoch. It’s wonderful easy walking with huge views all around. - [Show time!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/show-time/) - This is very much a ‘work show’ rather than a full blown exhibition. Most of the paintings (done on 6mm mdf) will be presented unframed – just two pieces framed for the main wall. - [On the edge of Rannoch Moor, December](https://www.keithsalmon.org/on-the-edge-of-rannoch-moor-december/) - This is another of the paintings I’ve completed since our memorable short walk on the edge of Rannoch Moor back in late December. It really was a wonderful mixture of light and colour that day. - [Last week I bought a goat....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/last-week-i-bought-a-goat/) - We headed for the hills and after about 40 minutes drive the road we were on started to climb very steeply through the trees, zigzagging its way up hill. - [‘On Beinn a’ Ghlo, autumn’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘on-beinn-a’-ghlo-autumn’/) - Earlier that summer we’d been and walked Carn Liath, the closest of the three Munroe that make up Beinn a’ Ghlo. This time we wanted to walk its other two tops. - [Painting from experience](https://www.keithsalmon.org/painting-from-experience/) - Keith explains the difficulties he has painting the landscapes around Speyer and that his best work comes from knowing his subject - the Scottish highlands - well. - ['Heavy weather, Drumochter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/heavy-weather-drumochter/) - We’ve explored some of the hills on either side of the pass, Gael Charn and A’Mharconaich the scene of one of my most memorable days – fine winter weather and my 100th Munro; A’Bhuidheanach Bheag and Carn na Caim – one of the hardest days I’ve had on a hill – bitterly cold easterly wind and soft sinking snow. - [Almost finished](https://www.keithsalmon.org/almost-finished/) - 'Wall painting, the cathedral, Speyer': As anyone who paints will know, it sometimes takes a good while to decide about a piece of work once it reaches this stage. - [Last chance to see .....](https://www.keithsalmon.org/last-chance-to-see/) - This was one of the small sketches I did back in December last year on what was a beautiful day on Rannoch Moor. - [Getting out](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-out/) - As we drove away from Speyer we left the huge bright fields of ripening crops and got into the vast areas of vines – stretching in broken lines for what seemed miles and miles. - [Speyer Cathedral Wall](https://www.keithsalmon.org/speyer-cathedral-wall/) - I’ve been working on one of the larger boards for the last few days and am starting to put the piece together. Once again, it’s based on a section of the cathedral wall..... - [‘Harbour light, winter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘harbour-light-winter’/) - I’ve been planning to do a very big drawing and although I’ve got ideas about what the picture will look like, I’ve been looking through some of my old Irvine drawings for a bit of inspiration! - [Hot and humid and late!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/hot-and-humid-and-late/) - Some of the first artworks created by Keith Salmon in Speyer, including the Cathedral and Ancient Baths. - ['Coire an t’Sneachda, the Cairngorms'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/coire-an-t’sneachda-the-cairngorms/) - ...the main reason for choosing this painting is that my mind is very much on Scotland this weekend and in particular Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore. - [‘Ben Lomond from the Luss Hills’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘ben-lomond-from-the-luss-hills’/) - I’ve talked about these hills before ...the short circuit of Ben Dubh and Mid Hill being especially fine. One of the reasons for this being the spectacular views out over Loch Lomond and of course across to the most southerly Munro, Ben Lomond. - [Increasing scale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/increasing-scale/) - The studios here in Speyer are quite large and having so much space in which to work is a real luxury. I decided last week that it was about time to work on a larger scale and make the most of the situation. - [Into the hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/into-the-hills/) - I had an interesting day on Sunday. I was invited to join some friends for a wee tour to see some of the typical local landscape near Speyer and the Rhine. - [‘Winter light, Ben Venue VI’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-light-ben-venue-vi’/) - Anyway, on a clear freezing day, we drove up into the Trossachs to walk the prominent little hill called Ben A’an near Loch Katrine. - [Finding more](https://www.keithsalmon.org/finding-more/) - I was really taken with this but didn’t go up close – I just viewed it through the monocular. It reminded me of some of my landscape paintings and I may well attempt a painting based on it. - [‘Blackmount, autumn’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘blackmount-autumn’/) - A thick belt of cloud was starting to break up and clear, revealing the snow covered tops of Beinn Toaig and it’s higher neighbour Stob a’ Choire Odhair. - [Holiday booking – May 2011](https://www.keithsalmon.org/holiday-booking-–-may-2011/) - As I’ve said in past blogs, we normally go away for the first two weeks in May and so, not as to miss out, we decided to book a place well ahead ....otherwise I’ll agree to something and we’ll miss our spring trip to the Highlands! - [Back in Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-in-scotland/) - The six week long exhibition is to be held at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon where we had a short exhibition together early last year. - [‘Autumn moss, autumn mists, Glen Falloch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘autumn-moss-autumn-mists-glen-falloch’/) - As an artist, every now and again you do a piece of work that you feel is better than what you’ve done before ...a step forward. This little painting was one such piece. - [Work of the Week: "Below Mid-Hill, Luss"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-below-mid-hill-luss/) - The walk around Beinn Dubh and Mid Hill above Luss is one of my favourites. The hills aren’t huge but they are steep and in winter can offer a surprisingly challenging few hours. This painting is based on just such a day, when on the tops the wind was gusting 50 mph with a wind chill of around -20C and in the shelter of the glen …it was more like spring. What the difference a few hundred metres can make. - [Arrived!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/arrived/) - As we approached Speyer the skies darkened, lightening flashed and the rain started to fall ....quite an arrival although sadly the grand view of the magnificent cathedral as you approach the city, was blotted out by the weather ...but it was very dramatic all the same. - [Of Scotland and Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/of-scotland-and-speyer/) - At the moment then, I’m thinking of two places, the hills of Scotland that I so love to explore and this beautiful city with the gentle countryside of the Phlatz. As such, I’m working initially on two paintings. Both are 80 x 80 cm. One is a re-working of a couple of smaller paintings I did based on walks in the Drumochter Hills. I’ve wanted to develop these into a larger piece, using bolder marks and thicker paint. The other picture I’ve started is based on a small section of the cathedral here in Speyer. - [Work of the Week:"On the hill, West Highlands"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-on-the-hill-west-highlands/) - Even in the summer you can’t avoid the bad weather in the Scottish hills and we’ve spent many a day wandering the tops in the mist. That said though, there is still something very special about the landscape when the clouds are down and moving through the hills and glens. - [Busy, busy…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/busy-busy…/) - Keith Salmon, patron of this gallery, reports on the opening event. The gallery is sponsored by Autism Initiatives Scotland. - [Work of the Week: "Forth Fields"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-forth-fields/) - The Ochill hills rise very abruptly from the Forth plain just outside Stirling but after the steep climb there are broad undulating ridges of , in places, very rough grass and bog. - [Removals, wanders and warbles](https://www.keithsalmon.org/removals-wanders-and-warbles/) - Beautiful photos of the Angus countryside from White Caterthun - an easy day of hillwalking in search of an old fort! - [Work of the Week: ‘Lost Building’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘lost-building’/) - I haven’t always painted the hills and mountains. When I first moved to Scotland I spent my time working on pictures that were based on the man made landscape of Irvine. - [Work of the Week: ‘Below Liathach, Torridon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘below-liathach-torridon’/) - Some of my earliest memories of Scotland are of this magnificent mountain. Back in 1965 my family stayed in a cottage on the shores of Loch Torridon and we spent a number of days sat by the stream underneath this giant of a hill. A few years ago my father joined us for a short holiday in Gairloch and we decided to take him back to Torridon. - [Work of the Week: ‘April shower, Beinn Dorain from the summit of Beinn Odhar’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘april-shower-beinn-dorain-from-the-summit-of-beinn-odhar’/) - Most years my partner and I take two weeks holiday at the start of May. We always head into the Highlands and spend much of our time walking the hills. - [Work of the Week: ‘Moon and frozen crag, Beinn an Dothaidh’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘moon-and-frozen-crag-beinn-an-dothaidh’/) - A few years ago during a particularly cold period in February, Anita and I, along with our more experienced hill walking / climbing friend Guy, went up to Bridge of Orchy to climb Beinn an Dothaidh. This is one of the big hills that rise above Bridge of Orchy and Loch Tulla. - [Work of the Week: ' Ben Ledi from Benvane, April afternoon' ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ben-ledi-from-benvane-april-afternoon/) - The walk up Ben Ledi is by a big path and attracts a lot of walkers. Once down the other side and past the descent path, the long undulating ridge over to Benvane is far less frequented. - [Work of the Week: ‘Late December afternoon, above Wanlockhead’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘late-december-afternoon-above-wanlockhead’/) - The painting itself is based on a December day when I’d been out walking with our local mountaineering club Air na Creagan. The late afternoon sun on the wild hills created wonderful colours and textures and seemed perfect for a painting. - [Work of the Week: ‘After the storm, the northern shores of Loch Lomond’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘after-the-storm-the-northern-shores-of-loch-lomond’/) - This painting was one of the first pieces I did using both paint and pastel. As the title suggests, it is based on a very memorable occasion when we were caught in a thunderstorm on the Little Hills ridge of Ben Vorlich at the side of Loch Lomond. - [Work of the Week: ‘Suilven, from the coast’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-‘suilven-from-the-coast’/) - I’ve always loved sketching outside although it’s sometime difficult to make yourself stop and draw when you’re out on the hill walking. - [Work of the Week: ‘Above Drumochter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘above-drumochter’/) - Based on our day walking in the Drumochter Hills, this painting is quite an important piece. One of the first small Dalwhinnie paintings that managed to keep the rather loose nature of its bigger cousins. - [Work of the Week: 'Glen Etive, winter afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/work-of-the-week-glen-etive-winter-afternoon/) - We stopped the car and just sat and watched the changing and very dramatic scene. Rain and sleet showers moved up the glen towards us very rapidly, carried along a strong buffeting wind. - [Work of the Week: ‘Winter morning, above Glen Shee’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-morning-above-glen-shee’/) - The plan was to walk up to The Cairnwell, then out and over to Carn a’ Gheoidh. We’d then retrace out steps to the edge of the ski area and finally head up to Carn Aosda. - [Work of the Week: ‘Winter afternoon, Beinn Dorain’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘winter-afternoon-beinn-dorain’/) - I did this painting after a fantastic day walking this time last year. A friend and I went up to Bridge of Orchy to climb Beinn Dorain . . . - [Work of the Week: Organised Scribbles](https://www.keithsalmon.org/organised-scribbles/) - These early drawings were nearly all based on the local Irvine landscape and townscape. - [‘What’s this all about then?’ A few more thoughts on drawing](https://www.keithsalmon.org/‘what’s-this-all-about-then’-a-few-more-thoughts-on-drawing/) - Keith discusses the importance of line drawing and its influence in the art he creates and its relation to his visual impairment. - [A trip to Dunkeld –Atholl Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-trip-to-dunkeld-–atholl-gallery/) - From the station, it’s about a mile walk into the village, crossing the wide and very majestic River Tay by a beautiful bridge. After seeing the show, I think it’ll be time for a late lunch and a pint of real ale at a pub overlooking the river…..I think we’ll both deserve that! - [A modest little mountain, a massive view](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-modest-little-mountain-a-massive-view/) - A beautiful hill to walk in the scottish highlands: Beinn Chaorach rises to a little over 800m, in a perfect location, offering a wonderful view all around. - [A walk last March](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-walk-last-march/) - The walk we took him on is not a difficult one, but it is in one of the most spectacular regions of Scotland. After an early start we arrived at the base of the Devils Staircase (the point where the West Highland Way climbs up away from Glen Coe and over to Kinlochleven. - [First foray into Fife](https://www.keithsalmon.org/first-foray-into-fife/) - The Fisher Gallery in Pittenweem, Fife is including three of Keith Salmon´s latest artworks in its next exhibition. - [Making plans](https://www.keithsalmon.org/making-plans/) - Keith Salmon is preparing to go to the town of Speyer in Germany after having won a three month grant from the Speyer arts Association to live and work in there. - [Winter Patterns ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-patterns/) - Anyway, yesterday we got out into the hills again …a proper hill walk - the wind was too cold to sit down and sketch. But it was a great day and I came away with many ideas for new work. We’ve wanted to get up to the hills around Loch Turret, a reservoir situated above Crieff in Perthshire. It’s a wonderful location with high rolling heather clad hills rising on either side of the loch and the big lump of Ben Chonzie (931 m) rising beyond the far end. - [Deadlines!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/exhibition-deadlines/) - Exhibition deadlines and Autism Ventures, Scotland: Gallery on the Corner - [A working walk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-working-walk/) - Cir Mhor, Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, Arran, Brodick, scottish mountain walks, photography, mountain photos - [The Jolomo Scottish Landscape Awards - ‘2009 Finalists’ – Strathearn Gallery, Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-jolomo-scottish-landscape-awards-‘2009-finalists’-–-strathearn-gallery-crieff/) - The Jolomo Scottish Landscape Awards - ‘2009 Finalists’ – Strathearn Gallery, Crieff: Keith tells us of his experience at the 2009 Jolomo Finalists show at the Strathearn Gallery. - [Help Required](https://www.keithsalmon.org/help-required/) - A number of artists from Scotland are to help through a sale of their artworks with up to 100% of the monies raised going to help the Haiti earthquake vctims. - [The art of organising scribble](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-art-of-organising-scribble/) - Artist Keith Salmon talks about how he came back to art after becoming blind and developed his art through the use of scribbles - well enough to win top art prizes! - [A week in the life of …](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-week-in-the-life-of-…/) - Award winning artist Keith Salmon gives us an exclusive view of a typical week in his world. As a blind professional artist he shares with us the often strenuous efforts it takes to get ahead in this business while dealing with the ins and outs of life.... - [Back in Business!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/back-in-business/) - Keith Salmon describes how despite having to change his studio due to the cold weather he was able to still be productive at home - despite run-ins with his feline companion! - [Promotion, promotion, promotion…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/promotion-promotion-promotion…/) - Visually impaired artist Keith Salmon tells us how he has developed his business and become successful after twenty-seven years of trying to "make it" as an artist. - [Happy Almost Christmas!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/happy-almost-christmas/) - Keith sums up the month with a new painting of Glen Lyon and ruminates on the local weather and of an incident that happened last Christmas! - [A wander on the wild side … of the A82](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-wander-on-the-wild-side-…-of-the-a82/) - Artist & hill walker Keith Salmon presents beautiful photos of his walk on Ghlas Bheinn and Rannoch Moor near the Black Mount and the A82 in Scotland. - [Interesting Times: An Artist´s Life](https://www.keithsalmon.org/interesting-times-in-art/) - Keith presents us with his view on what it means to be an artist - when you have money and when you don´t. - [A Question of Scale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/a-question-of-scale/) - Keith talks about the challenge of creating large artworks for a commission that he was asked to paint. - [Getting Your Priorities Right!](https://www.keithsalmon.org/getting-your-priorities-right/) - Keith Salmon escapes for a day from his art studio in Irvine and takes in Scotland´s beautiful landscapes by climbing the Ochil hills near Stirling. - [Scottish Natural Heritage Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/scottish-natural-heritage-exhibition/) - In September 2009 Keith Salmon exhibited his most recent award winning scottish abstract landscape artworks at the headquarters of Scottish National Heritage in Inverness. - [A Question of Scale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/eaglesham-moor-wind-farm/) - A friend had suggested that for a change we drive the few miles to the Eaglesham moors, where a few years ago was built Europe’s largest wind farm. I’m not sure of the exact statistics but it covers something in the region of 50 square kilometers and contains around 140 turbines. I have to admit that I was a bit sceptical but agreed that it’d be interesting and different and off we went. It was an amazing day. The moors themselves are quite beautiful, wild and generally feature-less but in places with expansive views out towards the Glasgow conurbation. It was a stunning day weather wise too, with bright sunshine and large roving rain showers, producing amazing colours and contrasts. - [Winter Blues …… and purples and yellows and oranges and pinks…](https://www.keithsalmon.org/winter-blues/) - Keith talks of his winter walk to Brown Hill, Largs: "the views of the Firth of Clyde, the Isles of Cumbrae, Arran and Bute, really drew our attention." - [The Am Bodach paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-am-bodach-paintings/) - Paintings of Am Bodach mountain summit in Glencoe. Paintings of Scottish Highland Mountains. - [Walking On Colour](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-blog-walking-on-colour/) - Art Blog:A small new painting (30 x 30 cm) that I’ve called ‘Autumn grass, Beinn Inverviegh’ based on a day a few weeks ago when a friend and I headed for a day in the hills. The day though, was grim, but as it was the only day the two of us could get off we felt we had to get out somewhere despite the dreadful conditions. . . . . - [RSA Annual Exhibition: the "Nature of the Beast"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/rsa-annual-exhibition-the-nature-of-the-beast/) - Keith Salmon enters his scottish landscape artwork into the prestigious RSA Exhibition . . . only to be told to wait in the queue and pick it up again. - [RSA, RGI and Scottish Drawing Exhibitions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/rsa-scottish-drawing-exhibitions/) - Keith Salmon, one of Scotland´s top landscape artists, presents the works that he will enter into the exhibitions organized by the Royal Society of Artists - having missed entry dates for the RGI and the Paisley Scottish Drawing events. - [Above Dalwhinnie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/above-dalwhinnie/) - Artwork of the day I went walking above Dalwhinnie. - [Open Doors](https://www.keithsalmon.org/open-doors/) - Open Doors: Each year WASPS studios (Workshop And Studio Provision Scotland) hold an Open Studios Weekend. This is taking place this coming weekend Sat / Sun 3rd / 4th Oct. In Irvine we have 10 or 11 artists taking part and opening their doors to the public. If you haven’t been to a WASPS open weekend before, check out your nearest studios. - [Walking in Circles?](https://www.keithsalmon.org/walking-in-circles/) - A short blog on how my life has developed as I lost my sight and how I determined that I would continue hillwalking. - [Jolomo Award 2009 - and what it means to me.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/jolomo-award-2009-and-what-it-means/) - In 2009 Keith Salmon became the winner of the coveted Jolomo Scottish Landscape Painting Award. An astonishing accomplishment when you realize that he is registered blind! ## Pages - [Autumn 2025. Art and life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/) - Canisp Canisp, as anyone who has followed this blog over the years will know, is one of my favourite hills in Assynt. Since our first exploratory venture onto this hill almost 20 years ago, we have visited it on four further occasions. We have however only reached the summit on one occasion, back in the - [Scottish Landscape Paintings For Sale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/paintings-for-sale/) - Abstract Landscape Paintings of the Scotland for sale, from popular landscape artist, Keith Salmon whose life and work has often featured in the press and BBC. - [Art & Sound Projects](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-sound-projects/) - Latest art and sound art projects from Keith Salmon - [Spring / Summer 2024 – Art and Life update](https://www.keithsalmon.org/spring-and-summer-2020/) - Scottish mountain landscapes, exhibition videos, sound art and more....! - [Scottish Landscape Paintings For Sale (viewing Room Test)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/paintings-for-sale-2/) - [Press: Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television & Internet](https://www.keithsalmon.org/press/) - Artist Press Releases - [About Keith Salmon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/about-keith-salmon/) - Registered blind UK artist Keith Salmon - [Contact Keith Salmon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/contact/) - Scottish landscape artist - - [Exhibition Schedule](https://www.keithsalmon.org/schedule/) - Keith Salmon exhibition schedule in 2024 will consist of a number of exhibitions both in the UK. Please consult occasionally for any changes or updates. - [Arts - Jolomo Award - 2009 Prize Winner](https://www.keithsalmon.org/jolomo-award-2009/) - Keith Salmon won the Scottish landscape painting Jolomo award in 2009. He has since gone on to be recognized as one of the UK's top artistic talents. - [Paintings Sold](https://www.keithsalmon.org/paintings-sold/) - Page last updated: 10th August, 2020 All works in this section have already been sold over the past few years but I hope you can enjoy them in this presentation. Tel: 07742 437425/ 07568 380552 or 01294 216427 E-mail: keith (at) keithsalmon.org ======================================================= 'Towards Ben Lomond, winter' Acrylic & Pastel, 2017, 76 x 23 cm - [Viewing Room](https://www.keithsalmon.org/art-viewing-room/) - View latest Scottish Landscape Paintings - [Adapting once again. A blog by an artist with a visual impairment ….not a "blind artist"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/artwork-of-the-week/) - This website is dedicated to presenting the life and artwork of 2009 Jolomo Award winner Keith Salmon whose abstract landscapes works have been recognised worldwide for their artwork. - [Buy Prints of Scottish Landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/buy-prints-of-scottish-landscapes/) - Available prints of Keith Salmon's Scottish Landscape Paintings. - [The Biscuit Factory - Contemporary Art Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/the-biscuit-factory-contemporary-art-gallery/) - The Biscuit Factory 16 Stoddart St Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE2 1AN Tel: 0191 261 1103 Email: art@thebiscuitfactory.com Website: www.thebiscuitfactory.com - [Arran Distillery Expo 2015](https://www.keithsalmon.org/arran-distillery-expo-2015/) - Keith Salmon Art Exhibition of his scottish landscape art paintings at the Arran Distillery runs til 31st October 2015 - [Gallery On The Corner](https://www.keithsalmon.org/gallery-on-the-corner/) - The gallery on the corner is the first social firm from Autism Ventures Scotland (AVS), part of the Autism Initiatives Group. AVS has been established to create employment opportunities and experiences for young people with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) in Scotland. - [Speyer Exhibition Art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/speyer-expo/) - The following works were created over four months and presented in the city of Speyer, Germany in August 2010. - [You Can Buy My Art From The Following Galleries ](https://www.keithsalmon.org/buy-art/) - Updated: October 2010 The following galleries currently have my work in stock: Scotland Art, 193, Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HU Tel: 0141 221 4502 Website: www.scotlandart.com Gallery opening hours Tuesday - Saturday 10.30am - 5.30pm Sunday 12.00 - 5.00pm email: enquiries@scotlandart.com 3 2 pieces currently available Blairmore Gallery, Blairmore, near Dunoon, Argyll Tel: 01369 840253 7 - [Videos](https://www.keithsalmon.org/videos/) - Keith in his Studio | Keith on the Mountains Keith talks about his life, his philosphy and his art. Filmed in his studio in Irvine, Scotland. ---------- Keith explains what what in his mind while creating the following painting. ---------- A second magical description from Keith of a painting. ---------- A promotional video made by - [General Landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/general-landscapes/) - [Island Mountains](https://www.keithsalmon.org/island-mountains/) - [Central Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/central-highlands/) - [Southern Uplands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/southern-uplands/) - [Southern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/southern-highlands/) - [West Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/west-highlands/) - [Northern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/northern-highlands/) - Scottish Abstract Landscape Paintings of Northern Highlands of Scotland created by award winning artist Keith Salmon. - [Mountain-Videos](https://www.keithsalmon.org/mountain-videos/) - Keith in his Studio | Keith on the Mountains Keith on the mountains of Scotland looking for new views to take back to his art studio. This clip was taken on Saturday 3rd January 2009 early afternoon from the upper slopes of Beinn a' Chrulaiste, an 857m Corbett that rises NE of Buachaille Etive Mor ## Lasso Lite - [Breaking Mists, Isle of Arran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/go/breaking-mists-isle-of-arran/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/uncategorized/) - [New Artworks](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/new-artworks/) - Latest landscape art created by Keith Salmon. - [Exhibitions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/exhibitions/) - Information on Keith´s Exhibitions – past & present! - [Inspiring Mountain Walks](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/inspiring-mountain-walks/) - Keith Salmon presents some of the walks that inspire him and the creation of his art. - [Studio - Videos](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/studio-videos/) - Keith discusses some of the work that is available in his studio in Irvine. - [Information Updates](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/information-updates/) - Keith provides updates on his work here and general information relating to his art. - [Visual Disability](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/visual-disability/) - [Personal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/personal/) - [Mountain Photos](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/inspiring-mountain-walks/mountain-photos/) - [Gallery: Northern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/new-artworks/northern-highlands-landscape-art/) - Landscape artworks of the Scottish Northern Highlands - [Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/speyer/) - [Artwork of the Week](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/artwork-of-the-week/) - Each week I will talk about a piece of art that I have made. It may be old or may be new – but every one will have its own tale to tell. - [Irvine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/irvine/) - [Buildings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/buildings/) - [Photography](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/photography-2/) - [Painting Themes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/) - [Weather](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/weather-painting-themes/) - Works where the weather has been a dominant factor in the creation of the artwork. - [Interviews](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/interviews/) - [Studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/studio-2/) - [Harbourside](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/harbourside-painting-themes/) - [Scottish Mountains](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/scottish-mountains-painting-themes/) - [abstract scottish landscape paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/abstract-scottish-landscape-paintings/) - [Jolomo Award](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/jolomo-award-2/) - [Drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/drawings-painting-themes/) - [Galleries with Keith Salmon artwork](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/galleries-with-keith-salmon-artwork/) - [Vacations](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/vacations/) - [Courtyard Studios Open Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/courtyard-studios-open-weekend-2/) - [Commissions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/commissions/) - [Commissioned Artwork](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/commissioned-artwork/) - [Harbour Arts Centre](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/harbour-arts-centre-2/) - [Brazil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/brazil/) - [city landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/painting-themes/city-landscapes/) - [Documentary](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/documentary/) - [Sound Recording](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/sound-recording/) - [#1 Art Blog](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/1-art-blog/) - [Art and Autism](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/art-and-autism/) - [Art Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/art-fair/) - [Sound Art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/sound-art/) - [West Highland Way](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/inspiring-mountain-walks/west-highland-way/) - [Pentland Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/landscape-art/inspiring-mountain-walks/pentland-hills/) - [N. 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[‘April shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘april-shower/) - [Beinn Dorain from the summit of Beinn Odhar’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-dorain-from-the-summit-of-beinn-odhar’/) - [‘Below Liathach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘below-liathach/) - [Torridon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/torridon’/) - [Gairloch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gairloch/) - [‘Lost Building’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘lost-building’/) - [RNIB Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rnib-edinburgh/) - [Kunstlerhaus](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kunstlerhaus/) - [Sämergasse](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/samergasse/) - [Ochill hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ochill-hills/) - [Stirling](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stirling/) - [The Nebbit](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-nebbit/) - [Forth](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/forth/) - [speyer cathedral](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speyer-cathedral/) - [work in progress](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/work-in-progress/) - [speyer cultural evening](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speyer-cultural-evening/) - [baths](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/baths/) - [city](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/city/) - [art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art/) - [cathedral door](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cathedral-door/) - [christum romerani](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/christum-romerani/) - [orbus fanorum](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/orbus-fanorum/) - [mariana coro](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mariana-coro/) - [opus totius](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/opus-totius/) - [mid-hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mid-hill/) - [trossachs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/trossachs/) - [Blairmore Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/blairmore-gallery/) - [Dunoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dunoon/) - [Ben Lawers Group](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-lawers-group/) - [An Casteil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/an-casteil/) - [walking holiday](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/walking-holiday/) - [suilven](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/suilven/) - [Conival and Quinag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/conival-and-quinag/) - [Achmelvich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/achmelvich/) - [Keith Barrett](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/keith-barrett/) - [Inverness](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/inverness/) - [Great Glen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/great-glen/) - [Fort William](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/fort-william/) - [Stob a’ Choire Odhair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-a’-choire-odhair/) - [Ben Starav](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-starav/) - [hills around Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hills-around-speyer/) - [Rhine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rhine/) - [Rhineland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rhineland/) - [Ben A'an](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-aan/) - [Loch katrine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-katrine/) - [Ben Dubh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-dubh/) - [Munro](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/munro/) - [culture](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/culture/) - [kunst](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kunst/) - [speyer exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speyer-exhibition/) - [kunst speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kunst-speyer/) - [Coire an t’Sneachda](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coire-an-t’sneachda/) - [the Cairngorms](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-cairngorms/) - [Aviemore](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/aviemore/) - [cathedral](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cathedral/) - [buildings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/buildings-2/) - [architecture](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/architecture/) - [painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/painting/) - [drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drawings/) - [storks](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/storks/) - [bird watching](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bird-watching/) - [wine country](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wine-country/) - ['Wall painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wall-painting/) - [the cathedral](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-cathedral/) - [ScotlandArt.com](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scotlandart-com/) - [exhibitions in Glasgow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/exhibitions-in-glasgow/) - [A’Bhuidheanach Bheag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a’bhuidheanach-bheag/) - [Carn na Caim](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-na-caim/) - [A’Mharconaich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a’mharconaich/) - [mountain climbing](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountain-climbing/) - [A9](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a9/) - [Drumochter Pass](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drumochter-pass/) - [experience](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/experience/) - [professional](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/professional/) - [Pfalz](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pfalz/) - [Carn Liath](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-liath/) - [Beinn a ‘ Ghlo](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a-‘-ghlo/) - [rwandan artists](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rwandan-artists/) - [donate](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/donate/) - [charitable donation](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/charitable-donation/) - [hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hills/) - [hillwalking Germany](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hillwalking-germany/) - [photo rannoch moor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photo-rannoch-moor/) - [photos Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photos-scotland/) - [art exhibition germany](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-exhibition-germany/) - [speyer art exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speyer-art-exhibition/) - [speyer kunst](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speyer-kunst/) - [Late March above Loch Rannoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/late-march-above-loch-rannoch/) - [Kunstlerbund](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kunstlerbund/) - [art exhibition in Germany](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-exhibition-in-germany/) - [pfalz landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pfalz-landscape/) - [Lord Mayor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lord-mayor/) - [Jolomo Finalists](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jolomo-finalists/) - [From Beinn Inverveigh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-beinn-inverveigh/) - [October](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/october/) - [Lewis chessmen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lewis-chessmen/) - [National Museum of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/national-museum-of-scotland/) - [Impressionist Gardens exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/impressionist-gardens-exhibition/) - [Cairngorms](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cairngorms/) - [large landscape paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/large-landscape-paintings/) - [scottish uplands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-uplands/) - [scottish highland scenes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-highland-scenes/) - [harbourside](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/harbourside/) - [sea](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sea/) - [estuary](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/estuary/) - [weather](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/weather/) - [Bracken](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bracken/) - [Bridge of Orchy Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bridge-of-orchy-hills/) - [Luss hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/luss-hills-2/) - [loch Lomodn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-lomodn/) - [Ayrshire hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ayrshire-hills/) - [Clyde](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/clyde/) - [Arrochar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arrochar/) - [Jolomo 2009](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jolomo-2009/) - [2010](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/2010/) - [Arcade Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arcade-gallery/) - [Pall mall](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pall-mall/) - [Courtyard studios open weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-studios-open-weekend/) - [Cul Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cul-mor/) - [Battersea Park Affordable Art Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/battersea-park-affordable-art-fair/) - [Loch Tulla](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-tulla/) - [Stob a’ Coire Odhair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-a’-coire-odhair/) - [Ben Odha](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-odha/) - [Meall Buidhe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-buidhe/) - [Tyndrum](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tyndrum/) - [Beinn Luibhean](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-luibhean/) - [scottish landscape art exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscape-art-exhibition/) - [edinburgh art exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/edinburgh-art-exhibition/) - [art exhibition edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-exhibition-edinburgh/) - [‘From Ghlas Beinne](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘from-ghlas-beinne/) - [Rannoch Moor – frozen lochs’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rannoch-moor-–-frozen-lochs’/) - [Air na Creagan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/air-na-creagan/) - [landscape art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/landscape-art/) - [mamores](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mamores/) - [Stob Coire a’ Chairn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-coire-a’-chairn/) - [An Garbhanach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/an-garbhanach/) - [Beinn Narnain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-narnain/) - [Arrochar Alps](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arrochar-alps/) - [Ben Ime](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-ime/) - [crampons](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/crampons/) - [spiders](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/spiders/) - [From Carn Chois](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-carn-chois/) - [above Loch Turret](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-loch-turret/) - [Strathearn Gallery Christmas exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/strathearn-gallery-christmas-exhibition/) - [perth](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/perth/) - [perthshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/perthshire/) - [Callander](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/callander/) - [Balloch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/balloch/) - [Drymen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drymen/) - [Aberfoyle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/aberfoyle/) - [Stuc a’ Chroin](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stuc-a’-chroin/) - [Ben Lawers](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-lawers/) - [scotlandart](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scotlandart/) - [visual disability](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/visual-disability-2/) - [beinn chuirn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-chuirn/) - [Christmas Affordable Art Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/christmas-affordable-art-fair/) - [photographs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photographs/) - [zenith slr](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/zenith-slr/) - [Eglinton Country Park](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/eglinton-country-park/) - [Kilwinning](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kilwinning/) - [Pencil Drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pencil-drawings/) - [graphite drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/graphite-drawings/) - [Christmas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/christmas/) - [Strathearn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/strathearn/) - [Hillhead Caravans](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hillhead-caravans/) - [Corbetts](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corbetts/) - [Beinn a’ Chliabhai](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a’-chliabhai/) - [Coire Beag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coire-beag/) - [Garbh Allt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/garbh-allt/) - [impressions of scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/impressions-of-scotland/) - [Meall a’ Bhuiridh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-a’-bhuiridh/) - [Meall Tionaill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-tionaill/) - [Buachaille Etive Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/buachaille-etive-mor/) - [Ba Bridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ba-bridge/) - [Ba Cottage](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ba-cottage/) - [Aonach Eagach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/aonach-eagach/) - [Conic Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/conic-hill/) - [Balmaha](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/balmaha/) - [Pap of Glen Coe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pap-of-glen-coe/) - [Scottish upland landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-upland-landscape/) - [zenith](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/zenith/) - [SLR](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/slr/) - [images](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/images/) - [chemicals](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/chemicals/) - [turner prize](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/turner-prize/) - [wild](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wild/) - [remote](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/remote/) - [Whatside Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/whatside-hill/) - [Great Cumbrae](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/great-cumbrae/) - [Little Cumbrae](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/little-cumbrae/) - [Kelburn Glen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kelburn-glen/) - [North Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-ayrshire/) - [M77](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/m77/) - [Central Belt of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/central-belt-of-scotland/) - [Inveroran Hotel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/inveroran-hotel/) - [Caledonian Forest](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/caledonian-forest/) - [Green Welly in Tyndrum](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/green-welly-in-tyndrum/) - [Ben Inverveigh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-inverveigh/) - [Bridge of Orchy Hotel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bridge-of-orchy-hotel/) - [Drumochter sketch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drumochter-sketch/) - [saltings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/saltings/) - [big paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/big-paintings/) - [liquitex](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/liquitex/) - [river irvine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/river-irvine/) - [river garncock](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/river-garncock/) - [‘October morning](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘october-morning/) - [Glen Lyon’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-lyon’/) - [Acrylic & Pastel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/acrylic-pastel/) - [22 x 22 cm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/22-x-22-cm/) - [Forth Plain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/forth-plain/) - [Ben Ever](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-ever/) - [Ben Cleuch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-cleuch/) - [Ben Buck](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-buck/) - [Long Mynd](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/long-mynd/) - [Carding Mill Valley](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carding-mill-valley/) - [Welsh border](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/welsh-border/) - [Shropshire Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/shropshire-hills/) - [hills above Glen Coe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hills-above-glen-coe/) - [‘Winter patterns](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘winter-patterns/) - [west Highlands’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-highlands’/) - [Beinn a’ Chrulaiste](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a’-chrulaiste/) - [Kingshouse](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kingshouse/) - [Lanarkshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lanarkshire/) - [Tinto](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tinto/) - [Lochlyock Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochlyock-hill/) - [Lake District](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lake-district/) - [Beinn Sgulaird](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-sgulaird/) - [South Glen Sheil Ridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/south-glen-sheil-ridge/) - [Loch Awe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-awe/) - [Loch Fyne](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-fyne/) - [Loch Creran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-creran/) - [Munro bagging](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/munro-bagging/) - [Central Station](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/central-station/) - [rainbow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rainbow/) - [Falmouth School of Art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/falmouth-school-of-art/) - [The Gallery on the Corner](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-gallery-on-the-corner/) - [Lochan Beinn Damhain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochan-beinn-damhain/) - [Beinn Damhain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-damhain/) - [Ptarmigan ridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ptarmigan-ridge/) - [Rowardennan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rowardennan/) - [Courtyard Studios](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-studios/) - [River Garnock](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/river-garnock/) - [Troon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/troon/) - [Maritime Museum](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/maritime-museum/) - [crane](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/crane/) - [irvine harbour crane](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/irvine-harbour-crane/) - [Ben Nevis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-nevis/) - [MWIS forecasts](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mwis-forecasts/) - [Mountain Weather Information Service](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountain-weather-information-service/) - [April in Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/april-in-scotland/) - [Scottish mountains](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-mountains/) - ['Assynt skyline](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/assynt-skyline-2/) - [trip to Assynt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/trip-to-assynt/) - [Glen Lochay](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-lochay/) - [Sail Dhubh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sail-dhubh/) - [Sron nan Eun](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sron-nan-eun/) - [Creag Mhor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/creag-mhor/) - [Land ranger maps](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/land-ranger-maps/) - [Beinn Heasgarnich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-heasgarnich/) - [Assynt Munroe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/assynt-munroe/) - [Goat fell](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/goat-fell/) - [Scottish landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscapes/) - [Welshpool High School](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/welshpool-high-school/) - [Lochinver](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochinver/) - [Sail Garbh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sail-garbh/) - [Braebag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/braebag/) - [Arkle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arkle/) - [Foinaven](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/foinaven/) - [Ben Hee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-hee/) - [Meallan Liath Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meallan-liath-mor/) - [Ben Hope](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-hope/) - [Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sutherland/) - [Caithness](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/caithness/) - [Creag Uchdag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/creag-uchdag/) - [Curlews](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/curlews/) - [Sky Larks](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sky-larks/) - [Red Kite](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/red-kite/) - [Carmarthen Fan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carmarthen-fan/) - [Waverley Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/waverley-gallery/) - [Loch Tay](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-tay/) - [Arrochar hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arrochar-hills/) - [Ben Donich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-donich/) - [scottish landscape paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscape-paintings/) - [Southern Uplands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/southern-uplands/) - [Merrick](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/merrick/) - [Curleywee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/curleywee/) - [Shalloch on Minnoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/shalloch-on-minnoch/) - [west Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-scotland/) - [Kirkcudbright](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kirkcudbright/) - [Scottish Showcase Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-showcase-gallery/) - [Corserine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corserine/) - [Rhinns of Kells](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rhinns-of-kells/) - [Millfire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/millfire/) - [Milldown](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/milldown/) - [Meikle Millyea](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meikle-millyea/) - [Meikle Lump](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meikle-lump/) - [Gallimaufry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gallimaufry/) - [Visit Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/visit-scotland/) - [Beinn Each](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-each/) - [Beinn Lochain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-lochain/) - [Doune Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/doune-hill/) - [Jolomo Awards 2011](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jolomo-awards-2011/) - [Kelvingrove Art Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kelvingrove-art-gallery/) - [Callum McClure](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/callum-mcclure/) - [Beth Robertson](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beth-robertson/) - [Kate Pope](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kate-pope/) - [Jolomo Foundation](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jolomo-foundation/) - [Glen Lochy](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-lochy/) - [Stob an Fhir Bhogha](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-an-fhir-bhogha/) - [North Ayrshire Open Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-ayrshire-open-exhibition/) - [Winter patterns](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/winter-patterns/) - ['On the ridge to Am Bodach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/on-the-ridge-to-am-bodach/) - [Devil’s Staircase](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/devil’s-staircase/) - [Beinn an Lochain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-an-lochain/) - [Erskine Bridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/erskine-bridge/) - [Loch Restil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-restil/) - [Beinn Ime](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-ime/) - [Ben Cruachan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-cruachan/) - [Beinn a’ Bhuidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a’-bhuidh/) - [Cruachan Reservoir](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cruachan-reservoir/) - [Lochawe village](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochawe-village/) - [Pass of Brander](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pass-of-brander/) - [Cruachan hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cruachan-hills/) - [Largs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/largs/) - [Tarbet](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tarbet/) - [Loch Eck](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-eck/) - [Gourock](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gourock/) - [Western Ferry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/western-ferry/) - [Beinn a’ Ghlo](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a’-ghlo/) - [paintings of autumn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paintings-of-autumn/) - [autumn paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autumn-paintings/) - [autumn landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autumn-landscapes/) - [Green Drake Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/green-drake-gallery/) - [‘Taste of Scotland’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘taste-of-scotland’/) - [‘Winters afternoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘winters-afternoon/) - [Beinn Dorain’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-dorain’/) - [‘In Glen Rosa](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘in-glen-rosa/) - [Isle of Arran’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/isle-of-arran’/) - [‘Approaching shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘approaching-shower/) - [the Fannichs’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-fannichs’/) - [‘Above The Rest and Be Thankful’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘above-the-rest-and-be-thankful’/) - [Meall a’Bhuiridh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-a’bhuiridh/) - [Mayer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mayer/) - [Driesh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/driesh/) - [Mount Keen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mount-keen/) - [Lamlash Bay](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lamlash-bay/) - [Holy Isle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/holy-isle/) - [Clauchland Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/clauchland-hills/) - [Arran ferry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arran-ferry/) - [Brodick Bay](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/brodick-bay/) - [Arran Blonde beer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arran-blonde-beer/) - [Ardrossan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ardrossan/) - [Arran Brewery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arran-brewery/) - [Mountain skills course](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountain-skills-course/) - [Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glenmore-lodge-near-aviemore/) - [‘Beinn Nuis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘beinn-nuis/) - [Isle of Arran’ Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/isle-of-arran’-ayrshire/) - [Ailsa Craig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ailsa-craig/) - [Troon. Kintyre](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/troon-kintyre/) - [west coast of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-coast-of-scotland/) - [Girvan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/girvan/) - [studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/studio/) - [harbour side in Irvine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/harbour-side-in-irvine/) - [Courtyard](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard/) - [Courtyard Artists Studios](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-artists-studios/) - [Studio Open Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/studio-open-weekend/) - [Waverley Gallery in Prestwick](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/waverley-gallery-in-prestwick/) - [Green Drake Gallery and Arts Centre in Pennsylvania](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/green-drake-gallery-and-arts-centre-in-pennsylvania/) - ["A Taste of Scotland"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a-taste-of-scotland/) - [The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Centre](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-green-drake-gallery-and-arts-centre/) - [Millheim](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/millheim/) - [Karl Leitzel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/karl-leitzel/) - [Centre County Grange Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/centre-county-grange-fair/) - ["The Gold Hills near Wanlockhead"](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-gold-hills-near-wanlockhead/) - [WASPS Open Studios Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wasps-open-studios-weekend/) - [Queens Gallery in Dundee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/queens-gallery-in-dundee/) - [Battersea Affordable Art Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/battersea-affordable-art-fair/) - [Kestrel Press in Irvine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kestrel-press-in-irvine/) - [‘Beallach’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘beallach’/) - [scribble](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scribble/) - [scribble artwork](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scribble-artwork/) - [Dick Institute](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dick-institute/) - [Isle of Arran Brewery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/isle-of-arran-brewery/) - [Arran mountains](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/arran-mountains/) - [Brodick Castle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/brodick-castle/) - [Corbett](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corbett/) - [‘Below Sail Garbh – work in progress’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘below-sail-garbh-–-work-in-progress’/) - [Battersea Affordable Arts Fair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/battersea-affordable-arts-fair/) - [exhibitions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/exhibitions-2/) - [Open Studios Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/open-studios-weekend/) - [Irvine Times](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/irvine-times/) - [Queens Gallery exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/queens-gallery-exhibition/) - [change studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/change-studio/) - [London](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/london/) - [Queens Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/queens-gallery/) - [Dundee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dundee/) - [The Strathearn Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-strathearn-gallery/) - [Gallery Q Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gallery-q-exhibition/) - [scottish landscape art exhibitions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscape-art-exhibitions/) - [london affordable art fair battersea](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/london-affordable-art-fair-battersea/) - [queens gallery dundee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/queens-gallery-dundee/) - [Künstlerhaus in Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kunstlerhaus-in-speyer/) - [art exhibition Künstlerbund members](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-exhibition-kunstlerbund-members/) - [Holger Grimm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/holger-grimm/) - [Andrea Niessen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/andrea-niessen/) - [Mike Lauter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mike-lauter/) - [Martin Eckrich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/martin-eckrich/) - [Anita Groves](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/anita-groves/) - [Ulrick Harer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ulrick-harer/) - [Neckar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/neckar/) - [Frankfurt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/frankfurt/) - [‘South of Speyer’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘south-of-speyer’/) - [The Courtyard Studios](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-courtyard-studios/) - [Beinn Ghlas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-ghlas/) - [National Trust land](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/national-trust-land/) - ['Loch Tay from Beinn Ghlas'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-tay-from-beinn-ghlas/) - [Braemar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/braemar/) - [Lochnagar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochnagar/) - [landscape paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/landscape-paintings/) - [‘Moor land mist’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘moor-land-mist’/) - [scottish scenery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-scenery/) - [scottish winter landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-winter-landscape/) - [abstract painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/abstract-painting/) - [oil painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/oil-painting/) - [‘A winter morning](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘a-winter-morning/) - [east of Drumochter’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-of-drumochter’/) - [winter scramble](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/winter-scramble/) - [art studios](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-studios/) - [art supplies](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-supplies/) - [framework gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/framework-gallery/) - [west of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-of-scotland/) - [‘On Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/‘on-rannoch-moor’/) - [Elizabeth Blackadder](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/elizabeth-blackadder/) - [Carn a’ Gheoidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-a-gheoidh-2/) - [Cairnwell](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cairnwell/) - [Isle of Bute](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/isle-of-bute/) - [ferry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ferry/) - [North Goat Fell](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-goat-fell/) - [River Rosa](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/river-rosa/) - [Beinn a’ Chliabhain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a-chliabhain/) - [Munro bagger](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/munro-bagger/) - [‘The Big Postcard Show’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-big-postcard-show/) - [scottish landscape artwork](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscape-artwork/) - [‘Autumn mists](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autumn-mists/) - [colour](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/colour/) - [atmosphere](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/atmosphere/) - [Paintings for Sale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paintings-for-sale/) - [postcard exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/postcard-exhibition/) - [the Arrochar Alps](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-arrochar-alps/) - [the Arran Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-arran-hills/) - [Eaglesham Moors](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/eaglesham-moors/) - [Courtyard Studio exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-studio-exhibition/) - [Ayr](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ayr/) - [Dalry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dalry/) - [Jürgen Fischer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jurgen-fischer/) - [Berlin](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/berlin/) - [Dick Institute in Kilmarnock](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dick-institute-in-kilmarnock/) - [Kate Davies](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kate-davies/) - [East Ayrshire Council](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-ayrshire-council/) - [windfarm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/windfarm/) - [rain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rain/) - [mist](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mist/) - [melting snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/melting-snow/) - [Beinn Chonzie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-chonzie/) - [Studio E](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/studio-e/) - [Studio J](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/studio-j/) - [Foundation Art Course](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/foundation-art-course/) - [Carmarthen College](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carmarthen-college/) - [ceramic design course](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ceramic-design-course/) - [Laugharne](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/laugharne/) - [kiln](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kiln/) - [Braidwoods Restaurant](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/braidwoods-restaurant/) - [Ayrshire’s top restaurants](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ayrshires-top-restaurants/) - [Breabag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/breabag/) - [Sail Gharbh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sail-gharbh/) - [Spidean Coinich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/spidean-coinich/) - [Glas Bheinn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glas-bheinn/) - [Speicin Coinnich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/speicin-coinnich/) - [Cul Beag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cul-beag/) - [Ben Kilbreck](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-kilbreck/) - [Ben Stack](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-stack/) - [Scottish Tourist Board](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-tourist-board/) - [‘Dusk](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dusk/) - [on Rannoch Moor’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/on-rannoch-moor/) - [Flow Country](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/flow-country/) - [Wick](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wick/) - [Coire an t’ Sneachda](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coire-an-t-sneachda/) - [Morven](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/morven/) - [Leum Ulilleimm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/leum-ulilleimm/) - [Corrour Station](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corrour-station/) - [West Highland line](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-highland-line/) - [Blackwater Reservoir](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/blackwater-reservoir/) - [Loch Ossian](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-ossian/) - [Ghlas Beinn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ghlas-beinn/) - [Pentland Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pentland-hills/) - [Pentlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pentlands/) - [Torquay](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/torquay/) - [postcard size painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/postcard-size-painting/) - [abstract compositions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/abstract-compositions/) - [Ranger Centre at Flotterstone](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ranger-centre-at-flotterstone/) - [Turnhouse Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/turnhouse-hill/) - [Glencorse Reservoir](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glencorse-reservoir/) - [Carnethy Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carnethy-hill/) - [Scald Law](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scald-law/) - [East Kip](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-kip/) - [White Craig Heads](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/white-craig-heads/) - [West Kip](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-kip/) - [Logan Burn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/logan-burn/) - [Loganlea Reservoir](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loganlea-reservoir/) - [Kinloch Rannoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kinloch-rannoch/) - [Loch Rannoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-rannoch/) - [Beinn a’ Chuallaich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-a-chuallaich/) - [Dunkeld](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dunkeld/) - [Pitlochry](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pitlochry/) - [Corbett’s Guide](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corbetts-guide/) - [Schiehallion](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/schiehallion/) - [‘Late March](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/late-march/) - [aboveLoch Rannoch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/aboveloch-rannoch/) - [Pink Rib](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pink-rib/) - [Meall Bhalach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-bhalach/) - [Kings House Hotel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kings-house-hotel/) - [Footpath to Rannoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/footpath-to-rannoch/) - [Meall Bhalach ridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-bhalach-ridge/) - [Criese](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/criese/) - [Buachaille](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/buachaille/) - [Stob Dearg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-dearg/) - [harbour side drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/harbour-side-drawings/) - [‘City of Adelaide’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/city-of-adelaide/) - [clipper](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/clipper/) - [Australia](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/australia/) - [Hugh Loney](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hugh-loney/) - [Peter Madison](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/peter-madison/) - [Beresford Wine Bar and Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beresford-wine-bar-and-gallery/) - [Chick McGeehan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/chick-mcgeehan/) - [Alison Thomas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/alison-thomas/) - [David Reid](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/david-reid/) - [James O’Dea](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/james-odea/) - [Mike Wheatley](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mike-wheatley/) - [80 x 80](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/80-x-80/) - [30 x 30](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/30-x-30/) - [NW](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/nw/) - [Conical](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/conical/) - [Loch Long](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-long/) - [Ben Reoch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-reoch/) - [Cobbler](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cobbler/) - [Tullich Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tullich-hill/) - [Beinn Bhreac](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-bhreac/) - [Golden Eagle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/golden-eagle/) - [An t’Sreang](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/an-tsreang/) - [Stob Binnian](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-binnian/) - [Invergroin](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/invergroin/) - [Inverbeg Inn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/inverbeg-inn/) - [‘Near Mid Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/near-mid-hill/) - [Glen Luss](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-luss/) - [hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hill/) - [Meall Tionail](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-tionail/) - [Glencoe Ski Centre](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glencoe-ski-centre/) - [postcard picture](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/postcard-picture/) - [artists studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/artists-studio/) - ['Misty morning](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/misty-morning/) - [Goat Fell from near Brodick'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/goat-fell-from-near-brodick/) - ['Heavy showers](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/heavy-showers/) - ['On the east ridge of Ben Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/on-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - [Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/blairmore-gallery-near-dunoon/) - [‘Assynt sky-line’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/assynt-sky-line/) - [mainland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mainland/) - [Bettyhill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bettyhill/) - [Northern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/northern-highlands/) - [pastel scribbles](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pastel-scribbles/) - [lochs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lochs/) - [landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/landscape/) - [sketches](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sketches/) - [photos](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photos/) - [ideas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ideas/) - [‘Assynt coast line’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/assynt-coast-line/) - [north coast of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-coast-of-scotland/) - [interesting views](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/interesting-views/) - [sketching](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sketching/) - [Ben Loyal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-loyal/) - [mountains](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountains/) - [Ben Klibreck](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-klibreck/) - [Ben Griam Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-griam-mor/) - [Ben Griam Beg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-griam-beg/) - [East Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-sutherland/) - [Kips Cottage](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kips-cottage/) - [Kirtomy](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kirtomy/) - [North West Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-west-scotland/) - [May holidays](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/may-holidays/) - [Carn Tionail](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-tionail/) - [Southern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/southern-highlands/) - [Cam Chreag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cam-chreag/) - [Munro Ben Challum](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/munro-ben-challum/) - [Beinn Chaorach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-chaorach/) - [Strathearn Gallery in Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/strathearn-gallery-in-crieff/) - [Irvine Harbourside Cultural Festival](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/irvine-harbourside-cultural-festival/) - [‘Evening](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/evening/) - [from Beinn a’ Chrulaiste](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-beinn-a-chrulaiste/) - [‘Towards Beinn Toaig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/towards-beinn-toaig/) - [Summer Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/summer-exhibition/) - [Irvine’s first Harbourside Cultural Festival](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/irvines-first-harbourside-cultural-festival/) - [Alison Thomas (painting)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/alison-thomas-painting/) - [Anita Groves (ceramics)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/anita-groves-ceramics/) - [Margaret Carslaw (painting)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/margaret-carslaw-painting/) - [David Reid (painting)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/david-reid-painting/) - [Sheila Kerr (jewellery)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sheila-kerr-jewellery/) - [Chick McGeehan (painting)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/chick-mcgeehan-painting/) - [Brian Craig (painting & photography)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/brian-craig-painting-photography/) - [abstract oil paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/abstract-oil-paintings/) - [holiday up in Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/holiday-up-in-sutherland/) - [acrylic and pastel pieces](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/acrylic-and-pastel-pieces/) - ['Sutherland sketch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sutherland-sketch/) - [walking in Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/walking-in-sutherland/) - [Beinn Griam Beg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-griam-beg/) - ['Sutherland coastline sketches'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sutherland-coastline-sketches/) - [Betty Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/betty-hill/) - [converted croft](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/converted-croft/) - [Pentland Firth](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pentland-firth/) - [Falmouth School of Art Cornwall](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/falmouth-school-of-art-cornwall/) - [West Penwith](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-penwith/) - [coastline in Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coastline-in-ayrshire/) - [Stob Ghabhar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/stob-ghabhar/) - [Green Welly](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/green-welly/) - [Munro ‘baggin’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/munro-baggin/) - [‘A frozen February afternoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a-frozen-february-afternoon/) - [North Face of Ben Nevis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-face-of-ben-nevis/) - [UK’s highest mountain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/uks-highest-mountain/) - [Scotland’s highest mountain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scotlands-highest-mountain/) - [buttresses](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/buttresses/) - [cliffs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cliffs/) - [deep corrie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/deep-corrie/) - [Coire na Ciste](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coire-na-ciste/) - [CIC Hut](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cic-hut/) - [The Gallery on the Corner in Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-gallery-on-the-corner-in-edinburgh/) - [Strath Earn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/strath-earn/) - [North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-ayrshire-open-art-exhibition/) - [the Miller Prize Glasgow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-miller-prize-glasgow/) - [Racquet Hall](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/racquet-hall/) - [EglintonPark](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/eglintonpark/) - [WASPS (Workshop and Studio provision Scotland)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wasps-workshop-and-studio-provision-scotland/) - [‘Quartzite screes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/quartzite-screes-2/) - [Ben Arkle in Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-arkle-in-sutherland/) - [coloured quartzite screes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coloured-quartzite-screes/) - [lawers group of mountains and hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lawers-group-of-mountains-and-hills/) - [Cononish Glen](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cononish-glen/) - [Cononish Farm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/cononish-farm/) - [gold mine](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gold-mine/) - [photo of stag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photo-of-stag/) - [‘Passing Snow shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/passing-snow-shower/) - [Clova Hotel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/clova-hotel/) - [Loch Brandy](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-brandy/) - [Angus](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/angus/) - [east ridge of Ben More](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-ridge-of-ben-more/) - ['Breaking cloud](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/breaking-cloud/) - [near the Pap of Glencoe'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/near-the-pap-of-glencoe/) - [‘A walk in the wild](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a-walk-in-the-wild/) - [above Drumochter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-drumochter/) - [‘The Framework Gallery’ in Troon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-framework-gallery-in-troon/) - [Carn Gorm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-gorm/) - [Meall Garbh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-garbh/) - [Carn Mairg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-mairg/) - [Meall nan Aighean](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-nan-aighean/) - [Air na Creagan Mountaineering Club](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/air-na-creagan-mountaineering-club/) - [‘West](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west/) - [from Beinn Griam Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-beinn-griam-mor/) - [wild northern landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wild-northern-landscape/) - [bog country](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bog-country/) - ['Beinn Taoig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-taoig/) - [Open Studio Weekend](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/open-studio-weekend/) - [Courtyard artists](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-artists/) - [Courtyard Studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/courtyard-studio/) - [‘Ben Hope from Arkle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-hope-from-arkle/) - [Braidwood Restaurant](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/braidwood-restaurant/) - [mountain forecasts](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountain-forecasts/) - [Queens Balmoral Estate](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/queens-balmoral-estate/) - [Glen Shee Ski Centre](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-shee-ski-centre/) - [Carn Aosda 917m](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-aosda-917m/) - [Carn a’ Gheoidh 975m](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-a-gheoidh-975m/) - [The Cairnwell 933 m](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-cairnwell-933-m/) - [Sutherland paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sutherland-paintings/) - [Autism Initiative](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autism-initiative/) - [art gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-gallery/) - [‘Early spring](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/early-spring/) - [autism](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autism/) - [charity](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/charity/) - [abstract landscape paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/abstract-landscape-paintings/) - [paintings of scottish landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paintings-of-scottish-landscapes/) - [In the artists studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/in-the-artists-studio/) - ['In the Flow Country](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/in-the-flow-country/) - ['West from Beinn Griam Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/west-from-beinn-griam-mor/) - ['A walk in the wild. above Drumochter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a-walk-in-the-wild-above-drumochter/) - ['Rannoch Moor - variations'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/rannoch-moor-variations/) - ['Memories of rain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/memories-of-rain/) - [mist and melting snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mist-and-melting-snow/) - [January 2007'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/january-2007/) - [little line drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/little-line-drawings/) - [soft graphite pencil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/soft-graphite-pencil/) - [paper](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paper/) - ['December afternoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/december-afternoon/) - [above Glen Shee'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-glen-shee/) - [December](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/december/) - [Scottish abstract landscape painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-abstract-landscape-painting/) - [‘The Auch Gleann and Beinn Mhanach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-auch-gleann-and-beinn-mhanach/) - [November’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/november/) - [Jolomo Award 2013](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/jolomo-award-2013/) - [WASP](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wasp/) - [Keith Salmon Art Studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/keith-salmon-art-studio/) - [Inveruglas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/inveruglas/) - [above Ballachulish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-ballachulish-2/) - [6B](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/6b/) - [2B](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/2b/) - [drawings of scottish landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drawings-of-scottish-landscape/) - [scottish landscape drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-landscape-drawings/) - ['Below the east ridge of Ben Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - [Winter' (Work in progress)](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/winter-work-in-progress/) - [walk Goat Fell](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/walk-goat-fell/) - [local mountain rescue group](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/local-mountain-rescue-group/) - [Christmas Exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/christmas-exhibition/) - [Snow shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/snow-shower/) - [low hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/low-hills/) - [above Largs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-largs/) - [Brisbane valley](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/brisbane-valley/) - [scottish art galleries](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-art-galleries/) - [Framework Gallery in Troon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/framework-gallery-in-troon/) - [The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-strathearn-gallery-in-crieff/) - [The Scottish Showcase Gallery](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-scottish-showcase-gallery/) - [‘Winter conditions](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/winter-conditions/) - [‘Above Glen Coe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-glen-coe/) - [late autumn’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/late-autumn/) - ['Below the snow-line](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/below-the-snow-line/) - ['On Beinn a' Ghlo](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/on-beinn-a-ghlo/) - [autumn'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/autumn-2/) - [Blair Athol](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/blair-athol/) - ['From the studio](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-the-studio/) - [Irvine harbour side'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/irvine-harbour-side/) - [Harbour Stand](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/harbour-stand/) - ['Towards Blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/towards-blackmount/) - [Luss Water](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/luss-water/) - [Glen Luss Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-luss-hills/) - [‘Below Shalloch on Minnoch’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/below-shalloch-on-minnoch/) - [‘Early morning](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/early-morning/) - [the small hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-small-hill/) - [special landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/special-landscape/) - ['From Beinn Dubh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/from-beinn-dubh/) - [the Luss hills'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-luss-hills/) - [Ochill Hills to the east of Stirling](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ochill-hills-to-the-east-of-stirling/) - [‘On Blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/on-blackmount/) - [The Ochil’s](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-ochils/) - [Ghlas Beinn ridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ghlas-beinn-ridge/) - [Acheladair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/acheladair/) - [‘Towards Achaladair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/towards-achaladair/) - [December morning’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/december-morning/) - [Welshpool](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/welshpool/) - [Wrekin](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/wrekin/) - [Telford](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/telford/) - [The Rhallt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-rhallt/) - [River Severn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/river-severn/) - [Hampton Load](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hampton-load/) - ['In the Blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/in-the-blackmount/) - [Kingshouse Hotel](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/kingshouse-hotel/) - [Glen Sannox](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-sannox/) - [‘East over Rannoch Moor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/east-over-rannoch-moor/) - [exhibition at ‘the gallery on the corner’ in Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/exhibition-at-the-gallery-on-the-corner-in-edinburgh/) - ['Luss hills'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/luss-hills-3/) - [Winter slopes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/winter-slopes/) - [‘Fresh snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/fresh-snow/) - [January 1st 2013](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/january-1st-2013/) - [‘In sun](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/in-sun/) - [mist and snow’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mist-and-snow/) - [an exhibition of recent work by Keith Salmon.](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/an-exhibition-of-recent-work-by-keith-salmon/) - [Bute](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bute/) - [Culter Fell](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/culter-fell/) - [Lanark](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/lanark/) - [Coulter village](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/coulter-village/) - [southern uplands of Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/southern-uplands-of-scotland/) - [calls of Curlew](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/calls-of-curlew/) - [Oystercatchers](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/oystercatchers/) - [Great Tits](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/great-tits/) - [Blackbirds](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/blackbirds/) - [Buzzard](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/buzzard/) - [Fell Shin](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/fell-shin/) - [Tippet Knowe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tippet-knowe/) - [The Bracs](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-bracs/) - [scottish highland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-highland/) - [scottish southern uplands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-southern-uplands/) - [above Loch Ericht’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/above-loch-ericht/) - [research work](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/research-work/) - [visually impaired people](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/visually-impaired-people/) - [David Feeney](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/david-feeney/) - [‘walker and guide’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/walker-and-guide/) - [‘Sun-lit slopes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sun-lit-slopes/) - [The first of the new Dom drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-first-of-the-new-dom-drawings/) - [The Dom](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-dom-2/) - [Dom sketches](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dom-sketches/) - [my first US sale](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/my-first-us-sale/) - [Ben Donich in the Arrochar Alps](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-donich-in-the-arrochar-alps/) - [Dan Thornton](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/dan-thornton/) - [Daniel Thornton](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/daniel-thornton/) - [facebook hillwalking](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/facebook-hillwalking/) - [graphite drawing](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/graphite-drawing/) - [gift card](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/gift-card/) - [mounted digital print](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mounted-digital-print/) - [Pentlands Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pentlands-hills/) - [hills to the south of Edinburgh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hills-to-the-south-of-edinburgh/) - [photographer Daniel Thornton](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/photographer-daniel-thornton/) - [Black Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/black-hill/) - [Pentland ridge](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/pentland-ridge/) - [‘A hazy spring day](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/a-hazy-spring-day/) - [Beinn Eich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-eich/) - [the southern Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-southern-highlands/) - [‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-saddle-from-glen-rosa/) - [March’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/march/) - [The Saddle](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-saddle/) - [Outer Hebrides](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/outer-hebrides/) - [An Cliseam](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/an-cliseam/) - [Tarbert](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/tarbert/) - [Isle of Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/isle-of-harris/) - [village of Betty Hill](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/village-of-betty-hill/) - [ferry terminal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ferry-terminal/) - [hill walking](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/hill-walking/) - [Scottish highlands and islands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-highlands-and-islands/) - [summer scottish landscape](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/summer-scottish-landscape/) - [summer landscape Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/summer-landscape-scotland/) - [summer landscape painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/summer-landscape-painting/) - [Strathearn Gallery Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/strathearn-gallery-crieff/) - [Meall Corranaich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-corranaich/) - [bealach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/bealach/) - [MWIS forecast](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mwis-forecast/) - [Meall a’ Choire Leith](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-a-choire-leith/) - [Uig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/uig/) - [Scottish Hebrides](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-hebrides/) - [mountains and glens](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mountains-and-glens/) - [paintings of scottish islands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paintings-of-scottish-islands/) - [drawings of scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drawings-of-scotland/) - [The Framework Gallery in Troon in Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/the-framework-gallery-in-troon-in-ayrshire/) - [Meall Teibh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/meall-teibh/) - [‘Heavy downpour](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/heavy-downpour/) - [paintings of the scottish isles](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/paintings-of-the-scottish-isles/) - [DrumochterPass](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/drumochterpass/) - [Sgairneach Mhor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/sgairneach-mhor/) - [Beinn Udlamain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/beinn-udlamain/) - [Loch Gary](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-gary/) - [Ben Alder hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/ben-alder-hills/) - [Norma Davidson](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/norma-davidson/) - [exhibition at Blairmore Gallery near Dunoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/exhibition-at-blairmore-gallery-near-dunoon/) - [Harris coast-line](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/harris-coast-line/) - [Scottish coast-line](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/scottish-coast-line/) - [Loch Kander](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/loch-kander/) - [corrie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/corrie/) - [Carn an Tuirc](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/carn-an-tuirc/) - [Glen Shee Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/glen-shee-hills/) - [art competition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/art-competition/) - [local art exhibition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/local-art-exhibition/) - [local art competition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/local-art-competition/) - [North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition 2013](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/north-ayrshire-open-art-exhibition-2013/) - [large graphite drawings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/large-graphite-drawings/) - [artists patience](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/artists-patience/) - [long thin paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/long-thin-paintings/) - [not standard format](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/not-standard-format/) - [mathematics and aesthetics](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/mathematics-and-aesthetics/) - [off-cuts](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/off-cuts/) - [laziness and luck](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/laziness-and-luck/) - [satisfactory composition](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/satisfactory-composition/) - [colours and the combination](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/colours-and-the-combination/) - ['Crossing to Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/tag/crossing-to-harris/) ## Picture tag - [scottish highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/scottish-highlands/) - [dalwhinnie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/dalwhinnie/) - [luss](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/luss/) - [am bodach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/am-bodach/) - [glencoe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glencoe/) - [Rannoch Moor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/rannoch-moor/) - [beinn inverveigh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-inverveigh/) - [blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/blackmount/) - ['Around Wanlockhead](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/around-wanlockhead/) - [upland scene'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/upland-scene/) - ['Below Cul Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/below-cul-mor/) - [Assynt'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/assynt/) - [Terraces](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/terraces/) - [NW Scotland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/nw-scotland/) - [Quartzite screes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/quartzite-screes/) - [Beinn Liath Mhor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-liath-mhor/) - [Ben Wyvis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-wyvis/) - [Canisp](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/canisp/) - [Assynt skyline](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/assynt-skyline/) - [Shore line](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/shore-line/) - [Glenelg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glenelg/) - [Winter afternoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/winter-afternoon/) - [West Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/west-highlands/) - [Sgorr nam Fiannaidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sgorr-nam-fiannaidh/) - [Glen Coe](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-coe/) - [West Highland scene](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/west-highland-scene/) - [Beinn Toaig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-toaig/) - [Ben Oss](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-oss/) - [Beinn Dubhchraig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dubhchraig/) - [Ben Venue](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-venue/) - [Glen Falloch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-falloch/) - [Beinn Odh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-odh/) - [Beinn Dorain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dorain/) - [Lawers group](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/lawers-group/) - [Loch Lomond National Park](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/loch-lomond-national-park/) - [Ptarmigan](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ptarmigan/) - [Achaladair](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/achaladair/) - [Sgiath Chuil](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sgiath-chuil/) - [Glen Lyon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-lyon/) - [Beinn an Dothaidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-an-dothaidh/) - [Beinn Dubhcharig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dubhcharig/) - [Creag MacRanaich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/creag-macranaich/) - [Loch Lomond](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/loch-lomond/) - [Beinn Mhanach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-mhanach/) - [Auch Gleann](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/auch-gleann/) - [Luss Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/luss-hills/) - [Ben More](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-more/) - [Beinn Dubh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dubh/) - [Ben Lomond](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-lomond/) - [Glen Douglas](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-douglas/) - [Beinn Odhar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-odhar/) - [Beinn Nuis](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-nuis/) - [Isle of Arran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/isle-of-arran/) - [Glen Rosa](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-rosa/) - [Loch Ericht](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/loch-ericht/) - [Drumochter Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/drumochter-hills/) - [Beinn a'Ghlo](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-aghlo/) - [Morone](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/morone/) - [Glen Shee](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-shee/) - [Carn a' Gheoidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/carn-a-gheoidh/) - [Central Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/central-highlands/) - [Beinn a' Ghlo](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-a-ghlo/) - [Gael Charn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/gael-charn/) - [Drumochter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/drumochter/) - [Dalwinnie](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/dalwinnie/) - [Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/highlands/) - ['Above Cononish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/above-cononish/) - [Glen Etive](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-etive/) - [Speyer day 12](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/speyer-day-12/) - ['Below Stob Coire Raineach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/below-stob-coire-raineach/) - ['Beinn Dorain from Beinn Odhar'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dorain-from-beinn-odhar/) - ['Between Creise and the Buachaille'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/between-creise-and-the-buachaille/) - [the Dom](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-dom/) - [Rest and Be Thankful](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/rest-and-be-thankful/) - ['Beinn Dorain and the Bridge of Orchy hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-dorain-and-the-bridge-of-orchy-hills/) - [April'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/april/) - ['In the Mamores approaching Am Bodach'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/in-the-mamores-approaching-am-bodach/) - ['In the Mamores](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/in-the-mamores/) - [Spring'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/spring/) - ['On Beinn Liath Mhor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-beinn-liath-mhor/) - [cononish](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/cononish/) - [frozen loch](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/frozen-loch/) - [towards am bodach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/towards-am-bodach/) - [storm](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/storm/) - [Conival](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/conival-2/) - [Stob Coire Raineach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/stob-coire-raineach/) - ['Approaching Sgorr Dhearg](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/approaching-sgorr-dhearg/) - [Above Ballachulish'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/above-ballachulish/) - [carn-chois-above-loch-turret](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/carn-chois-above-loch-turret/) - [ghlas-beinne-rannoch-moor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ghlas-beinne-rannoch-moor/) - [the Rest and Be Thankful](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-rest-and-be-thankful/) - ['On Quinag](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-quinag/) - [May'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/may/) - [scottish landscape painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/scottish-landscape-painting-2/) - [scottish landscape drawing](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/scottish-landscape-drawing/) - ['The Cobbler from Ben Donich - a damp summer day'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-cobbler-from-ben-donich-a-damp-summer-day/) - [Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/harris/) - ['Approaching Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/approaching-harris/) - [a damp May evening'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-damp-may-evening/) - ['In Glen Sannox](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/in-glen-sannox/) - ['Sun and snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sun-and-snow/) - [rock and water](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/rock-and-water/) - [May 2013'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/may-2013/) - ['From the east ridge of Beinn Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/from-the-east-ridge-of-beinn-lui/) - ['Low tide](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/low-tide/) - ['Heavy down pour](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/heavy-down-pour/) - ['Below Ben Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/below-ben-lui/) - [a cold](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-cold/) - [damp spring afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/damp-spring-afternoon/) - ['At the summit of Ben Oss](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/at-the-summit-of-ben-oss/) - ['Below Beinn Dorain](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/below-beinn-dorain/) - [a February afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-february-afternoon/) - ['Late December afternoon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/late-december-afternoon/) - [above Wanlockhead'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/above-wanlockhead/) - ['On Ben Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-ben-lui/) - ['Mists clearing Beinn Dubhchraig](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/mists-clearing-beinn-dubhchraig/) - [print scottish landscapes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/print-scottish-landscapes/) - ['From Ghlas Beinn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/from-ghlas-beinn/) - ['Snow shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/snow-shower-2/) - [on the slopes of Ben Loyal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-the-slopes-of-ben-loyal/) - [Sutherland'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sutherland-2/) - [December afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/december-afternoon-2/) - ['Sun-lit slopes](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sun-lit-slopes-2/) - ['Winter afternoon above Loch Ericht'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/winter-afternoon-above-loch-ericht/) - ['Mists](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/mists-2/) - ['The Saddle from Glen Rosa](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-saddle-from-glen-rosa-2/) - [March'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/march-2/) - ['Winter scene](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/winter-scene/) - ['A hazy spring day Culter Fell'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-hazy-spring-day-culter-fell/) - ['From Stob Ghabhar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/from-stob-ghabhar/) - [early July'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/early-july/) - [in the Blackmount'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/in-the-blackmount-2/) - ['Early Spring above Drumochter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/early-spring-above-drumochter/) - ['Heavy downpour](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/heavy-downpour-2/) - ['Snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/snow-2/) - [‘Crossing to Harris](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/crossing-to-harris-2/) - [a damp April evening’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-damp-april-evening-2/) - [winter'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/winter-2/) - [Latest work in progress – ‘Breaking waves](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/latest-work-in-progress-breaking-waves/) - [west coast’](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/west-coast/) - ['West coast scene](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/west-coast-scene/) - [Isle of Harris'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/isle-of-harris-2/) - ['Below Ben Oss'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/below-ben-oss-2/) - ['Central Station](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/central-station-2/) - [Glasgow'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glasgow-2/) - ['From the summit of Ben Vrackie'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/from-the-summit-of-ben-vrackie/) - ['Snow shower below the east ridge of Ben Lui'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/snow-shower-below-the-east-ridge-of-ben-lui/) - [Ben Lui](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-lui/) - [Speyer](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/speyer/) - [Crieff](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/crieff/) - [Arran](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/arran/) - [Cul Mor](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/cul-mor/) - [Flow Country](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/flow-country/) - [North Ayrshire](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/north-ayrshire/) - [Beinn Damh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-damh/) - [Ben Loyal](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ben-loyal/) - [work in progress](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/work-in-progress/) - [Clach Lethaidh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/clach-lethaidh/) - [Abstract Scottish Landscape Paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/abstract-scottish-landscape-paintings/) - [Lochnagar](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/lochnagar/) - [shores of Loch Lomond](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/shores-of-loch-lomond/) - [Bridge of Orchy Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/bridge-of-orchy-hills/) - [Ghlas Bheinn](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ghlas-bheinn/) - [Mamores](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/mamores/) - [Stob Dubh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/stob-dubh/) - [Torridon](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/torridon/) - [North Ayrshire Hills](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/north-ayrshire-hills/) - [abstract scottish landscape art](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/abstract-scottish-landscape-art/) - ['Squall](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/squall/) - [on the edge of Rannoch Moor'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-the-edge-of-rannoch-moor/) - ['In the glen'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/in-the-glen/) - ['Towards the Blackmount](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/towards-the-blackmount/) - [snow](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/snow/) - [shower'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/shower/) - ['A hazy spring day](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-hazy-spring-day/) - [Culter Fell'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/culter-fell/) - ['Above Loch Turret](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/above-loch-turret/) - ['On Beinn Damh](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/on-beinn-damh/) - ['From Creag MacRanaich](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/from-creag-macranaich/) - [the Lawers group'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-lawers-group/) - [abstract scottish landscape art paintings](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/abstract-scottish-landscape-art-paintings/) - ['Approaching Am Bodach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/approaching-am-bodach/) - [the Mamores'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/the-mamores/) - [abstract scottish landscape painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/abstract-scottish-landscape-painting/) - [Isle of Arran. An April afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/isle-of-arran-an-april-afternoon/) - ['Approaching snow shower](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/approaching-snow-shower/) - [abstract landscape painting](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/abstract-landscape-painting/) - [Suilven](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/suilven/) - [Bridge of Orchy](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/bridge-of-orchy/) - [Ghlas Bheinne](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/ghlas-bheinne/) - [Beinn Leoid](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-leoid/) - [Sutherland](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/sutherland/) - [Beinn Liath Mhor Munro](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/beinn-liath-mhor-munro/) - [Glen Carron](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/glen-carron/) - [Coigach](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/coigach/) - [North West Highlands](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/north-west-highlands/) - [Stoer peninsular](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/stoer-peninsular/) - ['At the Stoer Head'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/at-the-stoer-head/) - [Stoer Head lighthouse Assynt](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/stoer-head-lighthouse-assynt/) - [Drumochter Pass](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/drumochter-pass/) - [Loch Glendhu](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/loch-glendhu/) - [a winter afternoon'](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/a-winter-afternoon/) - [winter](https://www.keithsalmon.org/ngg_tag/winter/)