Tag: fife landscape

Cherry blossom, Markinch

Norma and I admired this cherry blossom a few months ago, on our walk to the cemetery where our youngest son was buried earlier this year. The trees were bursting into life after a long, cold winter, and reminded us of the believer’s sure and certain hope:

“…when … this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? … thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor. 15:53-57)

Cherry Blossom, Markinch Village, Fife, Original Oil Painting on 10″ x 8″ (26 x 20 cm) unframed stretched canvas. Varnished, ready to frame.

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On and off the Easel

This is what I’ve been working on over the last couple of months.

Farm road near Coaltown of Balgonie. 9″ x 12″, oil on Daler Rowney stretched canvas.

This is a very familiar local scene. I walk along here at least once a week. Painted from a photo I took in the summer when the oilseed rape crop was at the height of its stunning yellow colour.

Pittenweem Harbour, Fife. 9″ x 12″, oil on Daler Rowney stretched canvas.

Norma likes to buy bread from the local bakery shop here. We usually have a walk around the harbour when we visit.

Romantic Venice. 6″ x 10″. Oil on gesso primed plywood panel.

Brings back memories of the only time we visited Venice a few years ago.


Panoramic view of the Cuillin range, Skye. 9″ x 12″. Oil on stretched Canvas.

I was driving back from the Quiraing in September, when this view met me as I turned a corner. I simply had to stop and take a picture of the scene. Neither photographs nor paintings can do justice to the magnificence of the scenery on Skye.

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The Development of a Painting

I thought I’d show the stages I went through in the development of this little painting of Lower Largo in the bonny county of Fife, which I painted for my nephew and his wife. It was very refreshing to take a break from creating black & white designs for my adult colouring book (which I hope to publish in the autumn) and re-acquaint myself with brushes and paint. It reminded me of how much I enjoy the physicality of mixing and putting paint on canvas just as much as analysing the tones and colours required. And that elusive quality of painterly-ness that I strive to achieve, still dances frustratingly – just out of reach!

The photos speak for themselves, so I’ll ditch the descriptions and let your eyes teach you all you need to know.

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Lower Largo, Acrylic on Board, 9" x 18" (approx)
Lower Largo, Acrylic on Board, 9″ x 18″ (approx)

pallette

My Daler-Rowney “Stay-Wet” Palette. A great invention!

photo of tree painting

Country lane, near Charlottetown, Fife

Managed to get out and do a bit of painting today. At last!

I had in mind to paint one of the farm buildings near this lane but came across this rustic corner and decided to paint it instead! It was a beautiful day, sunny, birds singing, so peaceful – until out of the blue came an RAF jet screaming past directly overhead. Thankfully it was gone just about as soon as it appeared! This was my first painting excursion outdoors this year, so it was good to get started again and be reminded of how much I enjoy painting “on the spot”.