Queen’s Course Gleneagles

This small but charming conceptual gouache poster presents the Queen’s Course at Gleneagles as a stylised, panoramic landscape, balancing graphic clarity with painterly atmosphere.

The composition is anchored by a tall, wind-touched tree in the left foreground, its trunk and foliage rendered with bold, simplified brushstrokes. Grasses and rough sweep diagonally across the lower edge, creating a sense of movement and guiding the eye into the scene. Beyond, the fairway opens into a broad expanse of luminous greens, punctuated by pale sand bunkers and a gently curving path.

Small, minimally detailed figures of golfers are scattered across the course, their scale emphasising the grandeur of the landscape. To the right, a reflective body of water curves inward, bordered by a dense cluster of dark green trees whose mirrored forms deepen the sense of calm and space.

The sky dominates the upper half of the poster: layered greys, soft blues, and off-whites form dramatic, shifting clouds, suggesting Highland weather and lending depth and mood. The colour palette is restrained but expressive, the earthy greens and browns are contrasted with cool blues and slate greys, typical of Ken Reed’s Art Deco poster style rather than a literal depiction.

Overall, Ken Reed’s gouache style with its simplified forms and exaggerated colour relationships, captures the character and rhythm of the Queen’s Course while conveying a serene, slightly windswept atmosphere that feels both iconic and timeless.

This painting is in keeping with his larger poster of the King’s Course, Gleneagles.