Original Watercolours

Towards Ben Talla is a watercolour with accentuated field patterns based on a sketch from a viewpoint en route from Tobermory to Dervaig some years ago. The remote buildings act as focal points as [...]

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 [...]

Moonlit Farm with Ploughed Field is a watercolour painting with accentuated field patterns inspired by my sketches of farmhouses and field patterns from a recent visit to the Isle of Islay. Actual pai

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Carsaig Bay, Old Pier. The textured, golden foreground, including the pier and boathouse contrasts with the dark profile of Beinn Chreagach in this original watercolour interpretation of the Carsaig [...]

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 [...]

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.