Doodles in the margin from an artist living and working in the Scottish Borders.

Wednesday 20 November 2013

I Wouldn't Touch That If I Were You

  We went with him; his room was only a few doors off. The boots was just collecting shoes in the passage: or so we thought: afterwards we were not sure. Our visitor - his name was Paxton - was in a worse state of shivers than before, and went hurriedly into the room, and beckoned us after him, turned on the light, and shut the door carefully. Then he unlocked his kit-bag, and produced a bundle of clean pocket-handkerchief in which something was wrapped, laid it on the bed, and undid it. I can now say I have seen an actual Anglo-Saxon crown. It was of silver - as the Rendlesham one is always said to have been - it was set with some gems, mostly antique intaglios and cameos, and was of rather plain, almost rough workmanship. In fact, it was like those you see on the coins and in the manuscripts. I found no reason to think it was later than the ninth century. I was intensely interested, of course, and I wanted to turn it over in my hands, but Paxton prevented me. 'Don't you touch it,' he said, 'I'll do that.'

M R James, A Warning to the Curious.


Saturday 16 November 2013

Grand Designs.

Ruins in the Forest. Pencil drawing.

Pretty much a straightforward reading of Mothe-Chandeniers, an abandoned chateau in its own moat, only expanded and wildernessed a bit.


Thursday 14 November 2013

Seascape.

The third of three large oil landscapes going on exhibition in the Coldstream Gallery in December, and the second of the three to feature St Abbs Head. I just like St Abbs.

Winter Sun, St Abbs Head. Oil on canvas, 90 cm x 90 cm.

Monday 4 November 2013

Skyscapes

Two new landscapes, which will be in a combined exhbition at the Coldstream Gallery in December.

Rain Clouds Over Lauder Moor, oil on canvas, 90cm x 90cm.

Snow Shower, St Abbs Head, oil on canvas, 90cm x 90cm.

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