Original Watercolours

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Coastal Farm - Iona is an original watercolour completed after a sketching trip on Iona. The sky was chosen to contrast with the foreground colours and textures, the simple treatment of the farm [...]

After Harvest Autumnal colours capture this original watercolour painting of a Pennine farm scene. The textures and treatment of the watercolour evoke rough ploughed fields.

Moy Castle stands at the head of Loch Buie on the Isle of Mull. Built in the 15th century by Hector MacLean, brother of MacLean of Duart and the founder of the re-named MacLaines of Lochbuie who [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Macquarie House - Autumn Moonlight. The building of Macquarie House on the Isle of Mull is simply treated in order to contrast with the textured surrounding landscape. The autumnal colours of the [...]