Original Watercolours

An original watercolour painting of Mull developed from my sketchbook drawings. Fraoch is gaelic for heather; this cottage has been painted using a selection of yellows, browns and oranges to give a [...]

Macquarie House. The building of Macquarie House on the Isle of Mull is simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape. The view is taken from a sketch whilst on the [...]

Ben More Moonlit - Revisited. Ardvergnish Farmhouse at Pennyghael on the Isle of Mull is simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape. The colours of Ben More in the [...]

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 [...]

Calgary Bay - Receding Tide Sunset with Boat is an original watercolour that took inspiration from a day sat at Calgary Bay observing both the tide patterns and the evening sky changing into a [...]

Landscape With Farm - Iona is a watercolour with accentuated field patterns which serve to lead the eye to the lone farm on the horizon. The farm building is simply treated to compliment and contrast [...]

Ben More - Gold. The soft, golden landscape contrasts with the dark, moonlit sky in this original watercolour interpretation of the Ben More landscape with its isolated farm buildings. Actual paintin

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 [...]

Sunset Over Inch Kenneth from Clachandhu Beach is an original watercolour culminating from sketches of the view to Inch Kenneth from the west coast beach on the Isle of Mull and the sky changing into [...]