2016
Acrylic on canvas
Stretched, unframed
80 x 80cm
An image made at the first safe opportunity of a descent from beyond. Midsummer snow fields lead up to impregnable rocks. The sky is turbulent, the way precipitous.
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2016
Acrylic on canvas
Stretched, unframed
70 x 90cm
A studio painting made from more than a dozen detailed pen and pencil drawings of sycamore, oak, chestnut, mountain, rock and herb.
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2006
Oil on canvas
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60 x 80cm
Landscape of South Skye at Aiseag, Breakish, Isle of Skye.
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2016
Acrylic on canvas
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80 x 80cm
The River Aude near the old Abbey of Our Lady of Alet flows turbulent, shallow and stony between the curtains of long leafed willow margins.
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2015
Acrylic on canvas
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60 x 50cm
Soon after dawn an approaching storm dramatically engulfs the sky. A hare runs for cover against fierce wind. The viewer has climbed opposite to note the rising intricacies of the mountain flank. On the road through the Gorges de l’Aude.
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2014
Acrylic on canvas
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61 x 61cm
In the foreground the first ferns of summer sprout while in the distance the mountain is still snowy. Peaceful valleys roll between.
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2008
Oil on canvas
Stretched, unframed
61 x 61cm
‘Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest mountain in Britain outwith the mainland. It is an amazing viewpoint with the sweeping Cuillin Ridge, tremendous cliffs, lochs, the sea and scattered islands in all directions.’ (walkhighlands.co.uk)
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2008
Oil on canvas
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61 x 76cm
South Skye landscape. A last glow of light from beyond the horizon imbues the darkness of these western clouds with the power of a sun now grown faint in the approach of long night. The mists linger over Loch Slapin.
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2007
Oil on canvas
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45 x 60cm
Beinne na Greine on the watershed between the Kylerhea River and Abhainn Lusa in South Skye occupies the painter’s hand, heart and soul. The ‘Mountain of the Sun’ takes its name from its south facing ridges, drenched with sun in summer. But in winter the outlying Cuillin can be ‘black with ice or with cold wet ooze, the ramparts of grim precipices’. (Sorley Maclean)
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2016
Acrylic on canvas
Stretched, unframed
50 x 50cm
Against a black sky Mars and Venus are visible to the right. An immense thunder dragon climbs the high mountain and traverses the summit. Strands of mist trail across snow patches where the rocky precipices are vividly patterned.
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