A picture which speaks of a time past on the southern tip of the Shetland island of Unst.  This is the ruined crofthouse at Heogland, one of several in this area which were cleared by the landlord to make the land more profitable.  This scene of desolation was repeated in other areas in Shetland, and in many other locations in north and west Scotland, and I feel sad when I think of the sounds of conversation, laughter and human labour being replaced by a silence only broken by the occasional birdcall and bleat of a sheep.

The island of Uyea can also be seen in the middle of the painting, and, in the far distance, across the sound, the "blue banks" of Fetlar.  This landscape artwork, in oils on hardboard, was commissioned by David Pringle, of Naples, Florida, who is one of the descendants of the people who used to work this croft more than a hundred years ago.  It measures 24 x 18 inches.