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Aoraki Mount Cook New Zealand
Here's the beginning of a new painting of New Zealand's highest mountain. The view is looking to the South Ridge (first climbed by Ed...
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Inspiration in the Scottish mountains
I've spent the last four months climbing and walking in the Highlands, always looking around me and absorbing everything that the hills...
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![The Cuillin Mountains - Isle of Skye](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cce1e9_c65df8b389ff4f8f93e8ccacf2e122a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_470,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/cce1e9_c65df8b389ff4f8f93e8ccacf2e122a0~mv2.webp)
The Cuillin Mountains - Isle of Skye
Two new paintings of The Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye. The first was inspired by the view to Bruach na Frithe from near Sgurr...
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New Zealand trip
I was back in New Zealand's Southern Alps in October, climbing sketching and photographing some beautiful mountains. My expedition...
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Winter on Ben Nevis
January was a write-off with warm temperatures, heavy rain and strong winds. February finally came good and March has been excellent so...
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Forest Path - a large new painting
I began sketching and planning for this piece last Autumn. Painting then started in March, and it's taken me until now to complete it...
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New paintings after a long Winter
Six months of Winter climbing, camping and sketching in Scotland has finally given way to Summer. The commission piece I've been working...
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Commando Country
A new painting completed of the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge, with the great Nevis Range mountains as the backdrop. This was...
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Aoraki Sunrise
After a visit to New Zealand's Southern Alps in December, I locked myself away in January/February to paint this piece - Sunrise on...
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A summer of art
March to November has been a very productive time creating paintings and drawings of British and New Zealand mountains. A mixture of...