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 [...]

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 high horizon allows the textured seascape to play a [...]

Blue Dawn - Old Ferry House, Grasspoint. A striking landscape largely in blues and greys are the main feature in this original watercolour interpretation of the Old Ferry House at Grasspoint on the [...]

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

Harvest Moon over Duart Castle is an original watercolour developed from some of my sketchbook studies whilst visiting Duart Castle, the ancestral home of Clan MacLean. The low horizon allows 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 [...]

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 [...]