Original Watercolours

A watercolour depicting a solitary farmhouse on a hillside, overlooking a lake with distant mountains. The foreground has a textured underpainting and the path guides the viewer's eye up into the [...]

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 More - Autumn. The soft, golden landscape of Glen More, the central area of the isle of Mull and home to Ben More, contrasts with the dark, moonlit sky in this original watercolour [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Moonlit Path is an original watercolour painting inspired by the cottage at Grass Point on the Isle of Mull. The simple treatment of the path allows the eye to gently wind its way through the [...]

Erray Lighthouse - Evening Light. A striking landscape largely in blues and shades of Naples Yellow are the main feature in this original watercolour interpretation of Erray Lighthouse on the Isle [...]

Ben More - Winter Moon. Ardvergnish Farmhouse at Pennyghael on the Isle of Mull is simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape, using only three colours; Payne's Grey, [...]

An original watercolour painting of Mull developed from a sketch drawing. Fraoch is gaelic for heather, this cottage has been painted using a selection of greens and blues to give a soft landscape [...]