The Timeless Appeal of Scottish Landscape Art Thanks to my solo exhibition of Scottish landscape paintings at Hotel du Vin, I’ve recently spent a lot of time talking to guests and clients from overseas about Scottish art . It’s made me reflect on what it is about our landscape that evokes such a visceral emotional response. The Power of Place: Why Scotland Captures the Imagination Collectors from the United States and Europe often tell me how much they enjoy taking a paintin

As my oldest son has just moved to Canada, thoughts about “home”, “belonging” and “identity” have very much been in my mind recently. It’s reminded me of when I moved to North America as a teenager; the adventure, the excitement, the challenges and the sharpened sense of where you originally came from. A landscape you barely noticed as a child suddenly becomes the place your mind drifts to when you are stuck on a slow moving bus in a different country. A certain quality of li

Scotland is home to some of the world’s most breathtaking landscapes : from dramatically rugged, purple-tinged mountain ranges to windswept, isolated beaches. These places make extraordinary subjects for art because they hold emotion, memory and storytelling in every shift of light. Scotland Is an Artist’s Dream Why Scottish Landscapes Make Such Captivating Art As a landscape artist, I feel deeply attuned to Scotland’s wildest and most remote places, its beaches, mountains an