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‘Assynt skyline, May’

185 'Assynt skyline, May', Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 30 x 30 cm 

‘Assynt skyline, May’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 30 x 30 cm

It’s been a beautiful sunny afternoon here in Irvine and it really feels like spring is just around the corner.  Got me thinking about our holiday which is rapidly getting closer. ….just a couple of months now.  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.  I did this small painting after our last holiday there.  Hopefully get some new paintings done this year too.

‘Assynt skyline, May’

185 'Assynt skyline, May', Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 30 x 30 cm

'Assynt skyline, May'

‘Assynt skyline, May’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2011, 30 x 30 cm

It’s getting close now to my trip to Assynt.  I’ve been checking maps and working out routes and although it’s still a few weeks away I’m starting to get excited.  This little painting is based on a view we had the last time we were there.  On the occasion we were on the coast looking towards the wonderful hills.  It really is quite a skyline, the shapely hills rising abruptly from the wild loch strewn landscape.  Hopefully we’ll have some more of the blue sky we had that day …but less wind.   I know, I’m not asking for much am I, but heck, I can dream can’t I?