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Just off the Easel
Crail Harbour This painting has been gestating quietly for the best part of a year. I feel that now is the time to declare it finished. Crail harbour has been a subject for many artists in the past but my reasons for tackling this were personal. A dear family member and friend owned the small…
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Just off the easel (again)
I rarely ever return to a painting after I have signed it but I just wasn’t happy with this one. The foreshore in particular was out of kilter with the rest of the piece and the clouds on the horizon were too dramatic. I have reworked the whole painting, working on the horizon, the sea…
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Just off the easel
View from a train The first of a planned series of views from the Dundee to Edinburgh rail line and the subject of my last ‘Work in Progress’ post. This oil on canvas captures the Firth of Forth on a still, sunny morning. A mist lingers along the Lothian coastline behind the island of Inchkeith…
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Work in progress
View from a train This piece is one of a planned series of small oil paintings inspired by the view from a train travelling between Dundee and Edinburgh. The route takes in the Fife coastline with views toward Edinburgh. The sea is calm, reflecting light clouds and the receding tide has exposed the sand flats…
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