Nicki MacRae

A photo of a working archaeological site with trenches in the foreground showing preserved low walls of buildings formed of blocks of worked yellow sandstone. in the distance, out of focus, are spoil heaps, tools and two figures under a grey cloud covered sky.

Ness of Brodgar Excavation Landscape 1

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201227/08/2015No Comments

A photo showing the landscape of a working archaeological dig, showing slabs of worked sandstone strewn about, bare earth, and in the stance fencing, a spoil heap and a single figure in work clothes.

Ness of Brodgar Excavation Landscape 2

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

A detail photo of scored marks on the worked face of a block of yellow sandstone. The shot has shallow depth of field, focusing only on the marks.

Ness of Brodgar Markings 1

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

A photo using depth of field across the side wall of an archaeological trench, showing scattered objects in dark earth.

Ness of Brodgar Cross Sections 2

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

Ness of Brodgar Cross Sections 1

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

A photo showing detail of an old dressed block of chipped and distressed yellow sandstone in fine detail. In the background three figures are seen out of focus, bending into a white sky, in meeting.

Ness of Brodgar People 2

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

A photo of a working archaeological site. The shot clearly focuses on black of worked, bt old and distressed yellow sandstone in the foreground. Hazy, out of focus in the background can be made out a figure bend over the ground, legs apart, and the shape of a surveying apparatus on its tripod.

Ness of Brodgar People 1

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Ness of Brodgar 24/08/201224/08/2015No Comments

Landscape painting in acrylics with charcoal drawing in muted off-whites, greens, yellows and reds, depicting a wooden fishing boat, with aged paint and rust, sitting aground on seaweed at the edge of a sea loch. In the background are mountains under a grey sky.

Ben More and Boat, Mull

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Landscape, Artworks: Ruin 21/08/201221/05/2024No Comments

20 x 30″ (50 × 76 × 4 cm) Mixed Media on canvas This boat is a much-photographed Scottish landmark of the Isle of Mull, at Pennyghael on the banks of Loch Scridain on the West of the Island. It’s in one of the most beautiful spots, overlooked by the towering Munro, Ben More. I …

Roofless Ruin, Ballantrushal, Lewis

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Landscape, Artworks: Ruin 20/08/201215/11/2016No Comments

20 x 30″ (76.2 × 50.8 × 5.08 cm) Original – Mixed media (acrylic and varnished charcoal) on a box frame canvas. Roofless Ruin, Ballantrushal, Lewis – During my February 2012 trip to the Isle of Lewis, I decided to visit the Clach an Trushal which is the tallest standing stone in Scotland. As I …

A portrait orientation landscape painting featuring three very tall standing stones of rough grey rock dominating the composition. in the foreground is a scattered collection of low rocks. Gestural marks suggest stubby grass growing around, and the sky is thick with cloud. The whole composition is painted in eerie soft greens and greys.

Callanish Detail, February 2012

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Landscape, Artworks: Ruin 19/08/201215/11/2016No Comments

18 x 24″ (46 × 61 × 4 cm) Orignal painting – acrylic on box frame canvas, with the sides painted white. This painting was begun in the old farmhouse beside the Callanish stones (Isle of Lewis, Scotland) and completed back in my studio. I spent a week in February 2012 studying the astone circles …