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Sweet Peas
30 x 30 cm
£ 600
The joy of a simple bowl of sweet peas is the gentlest celebration of summer.
Montezuma's Castle
36 x 48 cm
£ 1000
A pre-European American pueblo North of Phoenix, Arizona.
Montezuma's Castle 2
36 x 48
£ 1000
The architecture here bears a striking resemblace to the ancient monastic cliff dwellings in Dolpo.
The Paps
100 x 150 cm
£ 4500 instead of £6000
Painted at magical Port Ban, otters and eagles for company.
Balevulin Bay
100 x 150 cm
£ 4500 instead of £6000
Painted on a glorious day in what was a mixed week of weather on the blessed Isle of Tiree.
Balevulin Surf
44 x 48 cm
£ 1000 instead of £1250
Atlantic surf rolling relentlessly ashore, emerald water and azure skies.
South across the Maze
75 x 122 cm
£ 3000
One of the world's best surfing beaches. Gingerly manoeuvred Bertha down through the Machair along old trails and was relieved and pleased to reach the Northern tip of the bay in one piece.
Balevulin Evening
28 x 30cm
£ 695
Surf crashing in with the Outer Hebrides ghosting over the horizon in the evening light. Seen in its frame, available framed or unframed. On view at Milton Gallery.
Vaul
40 x 42 cm
£ 800
My last painting on Tiree for 2023. A grey wet unpromising day, it being my last on the island, I needed to make it count. Went up to Vaul, an astoundingly beautiful place with ancient ruined black houses showing off their remarkable masonry. A gorgeous bay. hinting at its brilliant colours hiding under the grey rain, a rusting seed drill warranting a closer look. Lazy Atlantic swell crumping onto the rocks. Corncrakes rasping on the machair.
Hebridean Blues
50 x 70 cm
£ 1400
Coral beaches, islets, islands and invisibly clear water. On a clear day the highlands and islands are heaven on earth.
The Paps
20 x 20 cm
£ 380
Gentle modulations in greys and blues. For sale at Carina Haslam Gallery
The Cold Grey Sound
26 x 36 cm
£ 600 instead of £750
A icy day on Kintyre, looking across the cold wind-swept Sound to the hints of Jura hiding in the low scudding clouds.
Crear
40 x 40 cm
£ 700
A gorgeous November day. Bracken golden browns and metallic blue sea in the chilly sunshine.
Jura
30 x 30 cm
£ 700
This painting goes some way to explaining my love of the West Coast of Scotland. Clouds scudding across the sky, their shadows racing across the hills, deep blue sea in the Sound of Jura, light emerald shades of the sunlit sandy shallows. Sparkling white surf on the rocks and beach. And a brisk Northerly keeping the midges away.
Ring of Bright Water Study
26 x 36 cm
£ 700
My secret cove, otters and seals for company. A magical place, a Northerly blowing white horses down the Sound.
Jura, evening light.
22 x 34 cm
£ 700
Often at the end of the day, the light rewards those still outside with a dazzling show. This was really only the beginning of the end of the day with the sun reflecting off the sea in a thousand sparkles as it dropped down playing hide and seek among the scudding clouds.
Snow on the tops
70 x 100 cm
£ 1500 instead of £2000
This was a belter of a day in May. Icy Northerly wind, new snow on the Paps of Jura, bright dark water with white horses racing down the Sound. A day seized.
Le pigeonnier anglais
100 x 100 cm
£ 3000
Scots: The English Doocot Eng: The Dovecot An enchanted garden, roses, box, lavendar, water and views to the ancient dovecot.
Daffodils and Bluebells 20.3
100 x 100 cm
£ 3000
Experimenting in mark making and paint application within the framework of an enclosed garden landscape. Breaking out with lockdown art.
Azaleas 20.3
14 x 22 cm
£ 300 instead of £450
Actually two azaleas, one crimson, one vermillion, fighting it out with a viburnum with a Judas Tree thowing a few of its mauve blossom into the mix. Oil on MDF in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
Rhododendrons
17 x 23 cm
£ 300 instead of £475
Exploring the rich dark blossom in the light and shade of our garden during lockdown. Oil on prepared upcycled card in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
Rhododendron and dappled sunlight.
30 x 30cm
£ 600 instead of £800
Oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm. Painted in May 2020 during Lockdown 1. A rarity of the family being together in one place for an extended period. Painting with Lily in the garden. Treasure in my memory.
Praa Sands
100 x 100
£ 3000 instead of £3600
Golden beach, emerald sea and cornflower blue skies. Cornwall.
Loch Awe, 10pm
24 x 25 cm
£ 400 instead of £700
Painted at the end of a long day's working en plein air at Eredine on Loch Awe in the magical gloaming of the North west summer. Midges held a bay with a large outdoor citonella candle and generous doses of Jungle Juice. Oil on upcycled prepared card. Framed in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
