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‘Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran. An April afternoon’

370 'Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran. An April afternoon', Acrylic & Pastel, 2016, 76 x 23 cm 

‘Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran. An April afternoon’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2016, 76 x 23 cm

That is me back in Scotland again and so I thought I’d put this painting up on the home page as a reminder of what I’d been doing before going away.

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.

Anyway, you can see this painting in my studio right now, although it is still unframed at the moment.

‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’

5 'The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March', Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

Price: £720

Price after 1st September, 2015: £1008

Well then, if you’ve just read my current blog you’ll see that we had some very unseasonable weather up in Assynt recently.  It wasn’t quite as wintry as this but there was snow falling on the high tops on a couple of days and it was certainly as dark and misty on many occasions.

Anyway, 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.

‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’

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‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’

‘The Saddle from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, March’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2013, 76 x 23 cm

As you’ll probably have seen, 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.  Then, just as we were about to return, it filled in further and started to snow.  This continued all the way back down the glen.  It was certainly a taste of things to come …this was the Wednesday before the heavy snow arrived that caused so many problems on the island a short while ago.  The painting is away to the framer soon and it will then be at the studio should anyone want to come and see it for real.  I’ll let you know when I have it back and on the wall.