On the Beach

Blowing a near gale yesterday but out sketching near Clachan Sands, North Uist. Views over to Harris with a very low tide coming in fast. My walk took me over to another bay, so all in all a 5 mile walk with a sighting of an eagle on the way back.

Shifting Sands

Yesterday I walked out to a distant sandbar on the island of North Uist in Scotland to do some sketches. It was very windy and the sand was blowing in the air. I hadn’t been there for a couple of years due to lockdown and there seemed to be less sandbar now and...

Seascape Sketchbook

At last I am out in the wild Hebrides doing what I love best, painting out in the open. Not always the kindest weather today which started interesting with lots of big cloud and rain, clearing to sun and cloud and even rainbows. A moving vista of light and shade....
Spring Blossom

Spring Blossom

The Blackthorn is one of the most beautiful of the early spring blossoming trees making the hedgerows at this time of year, seem to have light dusting of snow . I pass this one on my daily walk and today it was alive with the the buzzing of bees and other insects.In...
The Red Flag

The Red Flag

I visited the scene of the Battle of Culloden (1746) last weekend. A wander through the thoroughly excellent exhibition spills the viewer out onto the battlefield where red flags mark the line of attack  of the British Government troops. The blue and white of Scottish...
Hebridean Holiday

Hebridean Holiday

Just back from a glorious two weeks in the Outer Hebrides. Sketching and painting every day with lots of locations to choose from, North Uist, Berneray and Harris to name a few. Now to transform all that onto canvas!