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‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’

313 'Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January', Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 80 x 80 cm

‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’

 

‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 80 x 80 cm

It’s very warm here in Irvine this morning and so here is a cool image to balance things out!

The real reason for using this painting is that it recently sold at “the gallery on the corner” in Edinburgh and I thought I’d say a big thank you to the people who bought it and to the staff at the gallery.

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!

‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’

313s 'Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January', Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 80 x 80 cm

‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’

‘Towards Glen Coe, late afternoon, January’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2014, 80 x 80 cm

This is the latest 80 x 80 cm acrylic and pastel painting I’ve completed. It’s based on the view looking towards Glencoe on a very cold January afternoon. We’d had a short but enjoyable walk in deep snow up the Devil’s Staircase but the snow was too bad to venture up on the tops as we’d planned and so we’d retreated and were heading home. It was a long way to drive for such a short walk but that’s the way it goes sometimes and at least I got a painting out of it!

The painting is currently hanging in my studio at the Courtyard Studios in Irvine so if you’re in the area, do call in to see it. I’ll be in the studio this weekend from 12 noon until 19.30 both days.