Slains Castle North East Scotland represents a composition of different

represents a composition of different memories rather than capturing a single moment (in this case

in these works

I often make the focal point of the painting one of the area's old castles

a place I've painted almost as much as Monet himself

Bombay Sapphire Gin

Slains Castle North East Scotland represents a composition of different20 x 20 cm I've always been drawn to landscape compositions with a skyline very high on the canvas. This could be a tree line or a range of hills but, in paintings of the coastline, its usually the cliff's edge against the sea and, in these works, I often make the focal point of the painting one of the area's old castles, as done here with New Slains Castle (which features so strongly in the legend of Count Dracula!)