Camusdarach

This is another painting from my show in London which ends tomorrow.  

It's of the beautiful white sands at Camusdarach on the Road to the Isles on the west coast of Scotland, on the way to Mallaig.  The sand really is pink and white!

In the distance you can see the islands of the Hebrides on the horizon.  The light is soft but bright, the sky has lots of little puffy fast-moving clouds, the long sweep of the sand is flat and wide and empty.  It's May, and the sun is out and it's nice and warm, but a light breeze is blowing.  The water is shallow as it comes in over the white sand, and it's an amazing Caribbean turquoise blue colour.

Everything is so clear that you have a real feeling of space and openness, and you have the whole place to yourself.

Wide Sweep of Sand, Camusdarach (Oil on linen, 26 x 32)

Paintings on my easel...Gorse and Evening Clouds, Morar

Here's today's painting...

Gorse and Evening Clouds, Morar (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)

This is of the beach at Traigh (which is Gaelic for 'beach') near Morar on the 'Road to the Isles' on Scotland's west coast.  

The sand is silver and pink, and you can see the outline of the islands of Rhum and Eigg in the distance.  It was early evening in May, the gorse was out, and the last bright sun was coming through the clouds over the sea.  There was a fresh breeze blowing.

I've already done a much larger version of the same scene, but it was so lovely I decided that I'd like to try it in a large sqaure format, so this one is 32" by 32".