It was travelling en route to Mauchline on the Ayr road that I first saw the sign to the Highland Mary Monument. This was in the hamlet of Failford. On retracing my steps a few days later, I duly parked up with no difficulty just beyond the Failford Inn and walked down to the path… Continue reading The Highland Mary Monument in Ayrshire
Month: June 2024
Cassis by J.D. Ferguson
I have competed this write up some days after visiting the McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock, Scotland. JD Ferguson is one of the four famous Scottish Colourists. I would have imagined the painting was completed at a single session. Perhaps the artist is ‘time stamping’ his creation into a specific day. This is… Continue reading Cassis by J.D. Ferguson
The Bonny Barques
I had come to realise that the membership of the Probus Club in Irvine (Scotland) and also its invited speakers could describe a rich vein of life experience and knowledge. And all was undertaken in a manner of jovial banter and a certain forthright honesty. When one of the members described a ‘folk memory’ of… Continue reading The Bonny Barques
Crème de Menthe by Francis Cadell
(Written while studying the painting in Greenock, Scotland in the McLean Museum and Art Gallery.) It is a large painting with a focus of interest all around. There is a little glass of green liquid in the foreground, almost within reach of the hand of the subject. So you are being told, yes, very soon… Continue reading Crème de Menthe by Francis Cadell
Samuel Peploe in Greenock
(Written while studying ‘Stlll Life’ by Samuel Peploe in Greenock in the McLean Museum and Art Gallery.) The colour palette is subdued. The jug and fruit stand are essentially white – likewise the fabrics and napkins. Apples with their full colour are prominent but the highest accolade is with the oranges on the raised platter.… Continue reading Samuel Peploe in Greenock
Plein Air Day at Troon Art Club
It was the warmest day of the year. We gathered at the car park of the Marine Hotel in Troon while all around activity was on going for the 2024 Open Golf Championship. We eventually got going sometime after 11 o’clock. Preparations had been made. A trusty easel from my teenage years had been spruced… Continue reading Plein Air Day at Troon Art Club
Poosie Nancy’s in Mauchline
It was the small lounge bar that was open in the hostility in Mauchline in Scotland known as Poosie Nancy’s. I can confirm that the connotation is one of the rudest words in any language. With camera in train I sauntered over to the good lady of the hostelry and ordered a half of cider.… Continue reading Poosie Nancy’s in Mauchline