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Quince
19 x 20 cm
A quince from our garden in France.
Sweet Peas
30 x 30 cm
£ 600
The joy of a simple bowl of sweet peas is the gentlest celebration of summer.
Montezuma's Castle
36 x 48 cm
£ 1000
A pre-European American pueblo North of Phoenix, Arizona.
Montezuma's Castle 2
36 x 48
£ 1000
The architecture here bears a striking resemblace to the ancient monastic cliff dwellings in Dolpo.
The Paps
100 x 150 cm
£ 6000
Painted at magical Port Ban, otters and eagles for company.
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Irises, Millers Bay
30 x 40 cm
Wild irises by the burn running across the machair to the sea.
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The Sound of Jura
50 x 50 cm
Balevulin Bay
100 x 150 cm
£ 6000
Painted on a glorious day in what was a mixed week of weather on the blessed Isle of Tiree.
South across the Maze
75 x 122 cm
£ 3000
One of the world's best surfing beaches. Gingerly manoeuvred Bertha down through the Machair along old trails and was relieved and pleased to reach the Northern tip of the bay in one piece.
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Hough Bay
20 x 25 cm
My first painting on Tiree in 2023. Painted in the late evening looking out over the green swell to the Outer Hebrides fading gently into the grey.
Vaul
40 x 42 cm
£ 800
My last painting on Tiree for 2023. A grey wet unpromising day, it being my last on the island, I needed to make it count. Went up to Vaul, an astoundingly beautiful place with ancient ruined black houses showing off their remarkable masonry. A gorgeous bay. hinting at its brilliant colours hiding under the grey rain, a rusting seed drill warranting a closer look. Lazy Atlantic swell crumping onto the rocks. Corncrakes rasping on the machair.
Hebridean Blues
50 x 70 cm
£ 1400
Coral beaches, islets, islands and invisibly clear water. On a clear day the highlands and islands are heaven on earth.
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Arisaig Evening
20 x 20 cm
The Cold Grey Sound
26 x 36 cm
£ 600 instead of £750
A icy day on Kintyre, looking across the cold wind-swept Sound to the hints of Jura hiding in the low scudding clouds.
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Crear Beach
50 x 59 cm
Sunshine bringing out the colours of this rocky coastline leading into Cretshengan Bay.
Ring of Bright Water Study
26 x 36 cm
£ 700
My secret cove, otters and seals for company. A magical place, a Northerly blowing white horses down the Sound.
Jura, evening light.
22 x 34 cm
£ 700
Often at the end of the day, the light rewards those still outside with a dazzling show. This was really only the beginning of the end of the day with the sun reflecting off the sea in a thousand sparkles as it dropped down playing hide and seek among the scudding clouds.
Snow on the tops
70 x 100 cm
£ 1500 instead of £2000
This was a belter of a day in May. Icy Northerly wind, new snow on the Paps of Jura, bright dark water with white horses racing down the Sound. A day seized.
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Whale Rock
27 x 32 cm
This is a very pleasing lump that I call Whale Rock. Cold sea and surf, showers approaching in the grey evening sky. Painted at the end of day just before the rain arrived. When you love somewhere it’s beautiful in any weather.
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Summer Colour Study
21 x 16 cm
Le pigeonnier anglais
100 x 100 cm
£ 3000
Scots: The English Doocot Eng: The Dovecot An enchanted garden, roses, box, lavendar, water and views to the ancient dovecot.
Daffodils and Bluebells 20.3
100 x 100 cm
£ 3000
Experimenting in mark making and paint application within the framework of an enclosed garden landscape. Breaking out with lockdown art.
Azaleas 20.3
14 x 22 cm
£ 300 instead of £450
Actually two azaleas, one crimson, one vermillion, fighting it out with a viburnum with a Judas Tree thowing a few of its mauve blossom into the mix. Oil on MDF in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
Rhododendrons
17 x 23 cm
£ 300 instead of £475
Exploring the rich dark blossom in the light and shade of our garden during lockdown. Oil on prepared upcycled card in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
Rhododendron and dappled sunlight.
30 x 30cm
£ 600 instead of £800
Oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm. Painted in May 2020 during Lockdown 1. A rarity of the family being together in one place for an extended period. Painting with Lily in the garden. Treasure in my memory.
Praa Sands
100 x 100
£ 3600
Golden beach, emerald sea and cornflower blue skies. Cornwall.
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Palairos
30 x 24 cm
Loch Awe, 10pm
24 x 25 cm
£ 400 instead of £700
Painted at the end of a long day's working en plein air at Eredine on Loch Awe in the magical gloaming of the North west summer. Midges held a bay with a large outdoor citonella candle and generous doses of Jungle Juice. Oil on upcycled prepared card. Framed in an off-white bespoke frame under museum glass.
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Les Pins
25 x 20 cm
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Le Chemin de l'Arquet
32 x 29 cm
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Autumn vines
25 x 25 cm
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The well in the vines.
60 x 60 cm
