Summer Light (Buchanty), oil on board, 24" x 48" 2010
This is a new painting which examines the view down towards the plantations at Murray's Hill, with Buchanty basking in summer sun to the left. One of the interesting elements of this composition, for me anyway, is the matrix of marks and tones made by the different land uses in the foreground. The heather burning patterns of the moorland and the savage tearing up of the felled plantations create some good lines and swathes of tonal variety. In the middle ground the tone is dependent on the broad chunks of forestry and the different colours of agriculture. The sky was agreeably heavy, yet with an intense light still penetrating, which gives this painting the only sort of tone I like to deal with in summer.
I am now back in Perthshire after a few days in the Borderland doing some more photography for the Cooncil's Shop Local campaign. This time round it was garden centres and ironmongers and at two of the former I saw small tortoiseshell butterflies (seen feasting on marjoram below). These are becoming scarcer across the country and the Butterfly Conservation people are hoping to record sightings to verify their status. I duly filled out the form here and you can too if you see the wee critters anywhere. I came across them at Lowood Nursery near Melrose and Woodside, near Ancrum. These are brilliant plant places, beautiful and both full of wildlife.
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