Landscapes

I thought it was about time I posted some of my landscape work.

Recently, I went on holiday to Skye, the landscape is incredible there. I managed to spend a day painting up in the hills, looking over to Kintail and then in the other direction, towards Kyle.


I think I composed this picture better when I took a photograph of it, however, I am still happy with how a few things turned out, notably the water and mixture of trees and heather in the foreground.


This picture is my favourite of the two I painted overlooking Loch Duich. It's my favourite because of the way the loch meanders past the sandy bank and leads the eye into the composition. I also think that my treatment of the undergrowth, with the heather in the distance is more successful.

When I made this painting I met with a friend of mine near Blairgowrie, we decided to go to a spot I always noticed when driving over the bridge in the picture. The painting is of theTay, where it meets the Ericht in the distance. It's quite a popular fishing beat, so boats would frequently drift close to the shore to see what we were doing.

This painting is, I think, one of my more successful landscape paintings. It was such a beautiful evening, the light was perfect. Although, a horse in the field opposite kept trying to scare me by galloping, full pelt, straight at me. I like the posts, colour combinations and composition in this painting. Even though it's painted very roughly and opaquely.