A pencil drawing of the Woodside Hotel in Aberdour, Fife.

I have included the street frontage and exaggerated the curve of the road to add importance to the Hotel. As always, I distort and reconfigure the proportions. The ‘view’ of this iconic building in sunny Aberdour, stays true despite my eyes interpretation. I started the drawing as a tonal sketch, in preparation of a watercolour, but I so enjoyed the use of the pencil... I completed the drawing as a ‘finished’ work. Some day I will return to do the watercolour.

Examples of Work

Above are a few images of my artwork and although I work mainly in watercolour, I do use whatever is close to me at the time. Landscapes of Scotland is the mainstay of my portfolio and having been immersed in architecture for close on a hundred and forty two years [I exaggerate... it just seemed that long!] the influence of buildings in our landscape is prominent in my work. I love Charles Rennie Macintosh and the whole Glasgow Style. My abstract works reflect this era and his genius. Figurative and Portraiture and great loves which I do not spend enough time doing.... I guess that applies to my art in total. More time with a paintbrush in hand, less time talking about it.

Must go and paint. We can talk later.