I haven't written a blog post for a few weeks partly due to a lack of material . However I now realise that I have completed quite a few paintings. Here is a selection:
Below is a picture I painted from a photo taken on a snowy run to Gairlochy and along the Caledonian canal.We have had more snow this Winter than any other in the six years I've lived on the West coast.
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The River at Gairlochy
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A few weeks ago we ran out to Invermallie bothy on Loch Arkaig , a large well appointed bothy that I would like to stay in one day . On the way back there was a glorious sunset over the loch.
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Sunset at Loch Arkaig
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| The Blackwater Chelmer Canal |
Above is a painting of the canal near my parents home in Essex- one of my favourite running routes. This reminds me that summer will return!
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| Ben Nevis from Carn Mor Dearg |
Last weekend we had a lot of snow. I climbed Carn Mor Dearg (the first mountain east of Ben Nevis). Once I had left the forest above Torlundy the mist cleared and I was in bright sunshine. A carpet of cloud filled the valley below with an endless chain of peaks poking through. The conditions were perfect! I was glad to find that somebody had already blazed the trail as the snow was thigh deep in places.
The above picture is from a photo I took on the way down. The sun was getting low but was illuminating a patch of cloud on top of Ben Nevis and the upper slopes of Carn Mor Dearg;
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The River Lochy
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Finally another painting of the river at Gairlochy on another snowy day.
