The Great Outdoors – Magazine Feature

I was absolutely flabbergasted to be contacted by the Editorial Assistant of ‘The Great Outdoors’ magazine asking if they could use one of my paintings in their next edition within the ‘In the Frame’ section! Facebook isn’t that bad after all ?

Living close to the sea means I sometimes get a chance to go sailing and this painting came out of spending a night on anchor in Loch na Droma Buidhe which is a small loch tucked in at the top of Loch Sunart and a short hop and a skip from Tobermory.

It is a great place to find peace and to watch the sun go down and if you are lucky you get to experience these special moments. Sometimes when the sky has been overcast all day it clears, and everything is illuminated.

One of the biggest challenges for this piece was trying to include all the compositional elements on such a small canvas without losing the sense of space and distance or the atmosphere and magic light. It is a small painting representing a wonderful moment.

Magic Light   |  Oil on Board  |15 x 21 cm