For the last three years I’ve been exhibiting my paintings at the Gullane Gallery, East Lothian. I’ve been invited again to show a selection of new works as part of their easter exhibition starting 12th March.
For over 20 years I’ve enjoyed painting in Scotland so for this exhibition I decided to revisit some of the fishing villages that I’ve painted in the past along the East Neuk of Fife. The weather has been dreadful over the winter months which hindered my plans right up until early February when I was finally able to travel with the promise of sunny weather.
I managed to visit three of the fishing villages which I have painted before and have published as limited edition prints, Pittenweem, Anstruther and Crail.
Even though it was sunny, it was still very cold but I was still able to do a sketchbook watercolour at each one of the harbours. The one of Crail was painted from a high vantage point looking into the low winter sun.
For the larger studio painting I tried to keep the palette as simple as the sketch and the brush marks as lively, however I couldn’t resist adding some of the details found in the nearby buildings which overlook the picturesque harbour.
The exhibition at the Gullane Gallery will also feature another painting of Crail as well as paintings of Pittenweem, North Berwick and Edinburgh. The exhibition continues until 3rd April 2016.