Category: Uncategorized
-
Work in progress III
Abernethy Forest With an introduction by Patrick McConnell Abernethy Forest With their breathtakingly beautiful mix of alders, silver birches and towering Scots pines, casting a dappled light across heather-strewn woodland floors, Scotland’s Caledonian Forests are something to treasure. Cross-billed birds and red squirrels fuss over the pine cones overhead, with the fresh pine-scented air emanating…
-
Alfama, Lisboa
Painting for November, reviewed by Patrick McConnell. Morning in Alfama, Lisboa A sultry morning in early summer unfolds as the ancient Moorish district of Alfama in Lisboa slowly awakes. A local man leans on his balcony to look at his neighbours stirring in the square below. A sky of delicate blues frames the orange and…
-
Work in progress II
Over the next week or so I will be working on the third in a series of paintings I have produced of Blackford Pond in Edinburgh. In early March 2018 there was some extreme winter weather which froze the pond and covered Blackford Hill, not to mention many other parts of Scotland, in a blanket…
-
The Ghillie Dubh
Painting of the Month for October is ‘The Ghillie Dubh’. This artistic creation reveals a delightful aspect of a small village in Wester Ross, Scotland, namely Inverewe on the shores of Loch Ewe. The artist has used a lively palette of acrylic paints to capture the vibrant coloration of this Wester Ross landscape. Framed by…
Art by Smart 