20 x 30″ (50 × 76 × 4 cm) Original mixed media (acrylic and varnished charcoal) on a box frame canvas., with the painting continued onto all sides. This bothy sits on the winding single track road to Bosta Beach on Great Bernera, a tiny island off the West Coast of the Isle of Lewis, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
20 x 24″ (51 × 61 × 4 cm) Original – mixed media (acrylic and varnished charcoal) on a box frame canvas, with the painting continued onto all sides. Carn Liath Broch sits beside the A9 highway between Golspie and Brora, North of my home in Tain, Scotland. Although dating from the Iron Age the …
20 x 24″ (50 × 60 × 4 cm) Original – Mixed Media on Canvas. An original canvas called Winter Skies and Ruin, by Callanish. This crumbling house was on the skyline distant from the Callanish stones (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland), beside which I stayed for a week in February 2012. I vowed …
18 x 24″ (45 x 60cm) Mixed media on canvas – acrylic and charcoal on box frame canvas. I painted this following a visit to Dun Caroloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis. It was a cold February day, damp and dull. The space under the remains of one of the winding staircases in the …
20 x 24″ (51 x 61 x 4cm) Mixed media on canvas. This painting came from work I did on a Winter trip to Orkney. I love the light and the skies in Orkney, and this tries to capture the moment when cloud cover and drizzle clear for a fleeting moment to illuminate the landscape …
‘Ruin’ a joint exhibition by Nicki MacRae (painting) and Gavin Hookway (photography), Eden Court, Inverness 2nd – 29th September 2012. Poster design copyight Gavin Hookway 2012.