NEW PICTURES

I've been doing a lot of commissioned work lately, mostly featuring ships with which my clients, or their forebears, have had some past association.  I've also done a few "stock" works, such as the oil paintings of Hay's Dock, Lerwick and the Shetland-model boats at Burravoe, Yell, Shetland, and the marine pictures of "Georg Stage" and "Danmark" and Tall Ships Seascape.  I hope you enjoy looking at these.

GREETING CARDS

Greeting cards featuring my artwork are now available from the Gallery Shop. 

EXHIBITIONS

The next exhibition of my paintings (as far as I know!) will be in November/December 2011 at the Creel Inn, Catterline.

 A peaceful summer morning in Lerwick Harbour, with the herring fleet lying in port.  In late afternoon or early evening, this scene would change dramatically, as hundreds of steam and motor drifters would head out to sea to search for the herring shoals, leaving the harbour largely deserted.  The herring fishing was carried out overnight, any catches being landed again in the morning.  If the fishing was good, the harbour became a hive of industry, with gutters, coopers and fishermen struggling to land, gut, pack and store the day's catch.

This picture is 36 x 24 inches, was painted in oils on hardboard, and is priced at £950 including framing and postage.

This beautiful barque, registered in Bergen, Norway, is a frequent visitor to Lerwick, and she makes a fine sight as she sets sail south of Lerwick harbour.   Built in 1914, she is 84.7 metres long, and is a training vessel, operated by the Stiftelsen Seilskipet Statsraad Lehmkuhl.  She regularly takes part in European Tall Ships Races.

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