Original Watercolours

Gruline House. The buildings of Gruline House and Macquarie House on the Isle of Mull are simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding moonlit landscape. The view is taken [...]

Duart Castle is an original watercolour developed from my sketchbook studies whilst visiting Duart Castle, the ancestral home of Clan MacLean. The limited colour palette used and the soft evening [...]

Glen Gorm Dream. The soft, richly textured landscape foreground with its barely discernible path contrasts with the stark bands of sky and water in this watercolour interpretation of Glen Gorm [...]

Ardnave House Remembered is a watercolour with accentuated field patterns based on a sketch from a visit to the isolated place of Ardnave on the Isle of Islay some years ago. The remote 18th Century [...]

Moonlit Abbey - Iona. The abbey buildings are simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape of mellow warm and cool colours, painted over a surface texture. The view [...]

Iona Abbey IV. The abbey buildings in this painting are simply treated in order to contrast with the textured, evening, jewel-like landscape interpretation. The view is taken from pencil sketches [...]

Iona Abbey Revisited. The abbey buildings in this painting are simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape interpretation. The view is taken from a rapid pencil [...]

Fishermen's Cottages - Portnahaven. An original watercolour painting depicting two of the whitewashed cottages once used by fishermen in the now quiet harbour of Portnahaven on Islay. My family and [...]

Iona Abbey - Evening Light. An interpretation of the mellow evening light and the textured foreground contrasting with the stark treatment of the sky and the sea. Taken from a sketch of the abbey on [...]