rain – Nicki MacRae

Wet track, Sutherland Hillside

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Landscape 25/01/201422/03/2016No Comments

A landscape painting with lots of simulated texture in acrylic paints, spray paint, charcoal and artists crayons showing a stone circle. The tall stones are closest at the right and stretch away in an arc to the left, getting smaller and more distant. They're of rough, lichen covered grey rock with cracks and texture. A path of worn short grass runs directly in front of them, fading into rich red and purple heathers to the centre of the circle, in the left of the painting. The sky is pale blues and lurid yellows, cloudy with a hint or rain or snow.

Ring of Brodgar, Wild Bright Weather

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Landscape, Artworks: Ruin 01/06/201221/05/2024No Comments

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 …

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