The usual snows have fallen in January. It’s been a good test for the studio, and specifically the thermal qualities of the structure and the load of snow on the roof. I’m pleased to say nothing has sagged or leaked, and after a blast with the heaters, the space warms up nicely (and retains heat …
March Incoming Tide, Achmelvich 20 x 16″ (50 × 40 × 4 cm) Original Painting – Mixed Media On Canvas Created from photo’s, sketches and video made at the beach in Achmelvich, Sutherland (Highlands of Scotland) in March 2014 (previously unseen on the website). We took a trip to the West Coast, travelling across the …
20 x 24″ (50 × 60 × 4 cm) Original Painting – Mixed Media On Canvas A Winter sunset in Easter Ross over fields on the Tain peninsula, Ross-shire, Highlands of Scotland, near the artists home. Rendered in mixed media, on a box frame canvas with the painting continued onto all sides. Signed on rear …
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″ (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 …
24 x 20″ (50 x 60 cm) Original Acrylic On Canvas. From sketches and photos made at Callanish Stone Circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland during a wet and windy week in February 2012. The Isle of Lewis has it’s own special colours – especially during the late afternoon in the Scottish Winter, when the landscape …
Photograph of flames forming a pleasing composition on a winter evening.