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‘Early spring, above Drumochter’

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

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

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

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

‘Early spring, above Drumochter’

'Early spring, above Drumochter'

‘Early spring, above Drumochter’,

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

Thought I’d use this painting as the work of the week seeing that it is currently hanging in ‘The gallery on the corner’ in Edinburgh.  If you go to this week’s blog you’ll see that the gallery has been celebrating ….the first five apprentices at the gallery have successfully completed their two year training.  These young people, along with the staff have helped make sure that this very special gallery is a success.  If you haven’t visited yet and live in Edinburgh then why not get down and take a look.  More info at: http://www.thegalleryonthecorner.org.uk/

‘A walk in the wild, above Drumochter, winter’

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‘A walk in the wild. above Drumochter, winter’

‘A walk in the wild, above Drumochter, winter’, Oil on canvas, 2012, 80 x 80 cm

I’ve probably shown this painting on my home page before, but I was particularly pleased with it and recently took it to the Waverley Gallery in Prestwick to have it framed.  The large wooden cream coloured frames I’ve been using with these 80 x 80 cm paintings didn’t work with this piece and so I decided to see if we could find something more suitable and contemporary.  A couple of years ago I’d seen some canvases a colleague had had framed using a simple ‘floating’ frame.  These worked very well and so I decided to ask if they could do something similar for my painting.  The frame is just a right angled moulding that allows the canvas to sit inside it, allowing a gap between the canvas and the edge of the frame.  It is such a simple solution but it works particularly well with this piece.

‘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’.