Craigievar In bloom for a long time

for a long time

This painting captures a view of Stonehaven as seen looking down from the Ury Estate

Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro

One painting in particular resonated - it featured the comic book heroes Superman

Craigievar In bloom for a long time20 x 20 cm Craigievar is one of those castles that almost feels invented already tall, pink, slightly theatrical and wonderfully improbable against the Aberdeenshire landscape. In this painting Ive tried to capture that slight sense of theatre and fairytale, where the building seems to rise out of the trees as much from imagination as from stone. It is not a literal view of the castle, but more a memory of it a place half seen, half dreamed and full