Original Watercolours

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]