The i-Phone rings while we're on the beach. 'Of course we've not forgotten' says 'The Font' diplomatically to a woman who's showing a picture at an art exhibition in Edinburgh. So it is our plans for a lazy Sunday morning change and we find ourselves in the Volvo heading back into the big city. Thankfully, Sunday morning traffic on the Forth Crossing is light and we're in the outskirts of town in an hour and fifteen minutes.
I'd expected the exhibition to be one of those cramped , badly lit, affairs full of 'well meaning' approximations of art. It turns out to be a gem. The quality of work on offer is outstanding although strangely, as its a watercolour exhibition, many ( perhaps most) of the canvases are in oil.
These are the pictures we might be tempted to buy but it's difficult to whittle the choice down to just one
Which one would you settle on ?
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30 comments:
Winter Castle Drummond
I'd go for Winter Castle Drummond too.
Memories of India and/or Castle Drummond
Wendy (Wales)
Celebration. The joy of living seaside. Grace
Winter Castle Drummond
Tempus Fugit.
Castle Drummond is my style, so it. But I love elebration, too
Wow, what a superb collection - and lovely setting. I love Winter Castle, so beautiful, but would probably choose Red October for its vibrancy.
Winter castle or Memories of India for me.
Certainly not C-A-T.
All are lovely, but I admire Celebration and Tempus Fugit best.
A Simple Table
I think a choice depends on your own memories and aesthetic sense - a lovely show.
Hari OM
I see there may be a winner emerging - and don't disapprove, but my choice would be Red October; I tend to favour autumnal tones and I love the "easter egg" built into the landscape here in reference to one of my fave films! YAM xx
Red October and Simple Table
Why limit yourself to just one? I’d go for Celebration and Red October. They are all very impressive watercolors.
JoAnn
I think Memories of India. It would go well with Japanese painting we have that is a very traditional Heian Era court scene except for the laughing hippo in the foreground.
I thought they were all beautiful but when I arrived at Red October, I thought: Oh, yeah. I would like to live with this one.
Nina
Celebration (because of the cat) or Red October which reminds me of pictures you have posted of where you live, but from a drone. It would go with bright colours in your home as well and would be lovely to look at on a dreary day.
Tempus Fugit.
I'm late to the party, and the choice is indeed hard, but I'd go with Red October and Tempus Fugit. For Winter Castle it seems to me you have your own local St Andrews images. (And San Pedro is the small town adjacent to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California, unless there's another somewhere.)
Winter Castle Drummond
Very difficult to choose but Red October and Memories of India would be top of the list. I like them all, although I might tire of Simple Table after a few years.
I'd love to know what your "Easter egg" is!!!
The first one and the last one, though they are all tempting
Loved them all but really loved Red October. Thanks Angus for letting us go to this great exhibition with no travel hassles!
Simple table, for its minimalism, and Red October, because it is the exact opposite with its almost pointillistic style.
Thank you for sharing this.
And I, too, would love to know about the "Easter Egg".
I think Red October is beautiful but so is Memories of India. What a difficult choice!
Hopefully after all these comments/votes you and "The Font" will buy one or two paintings you both enjoy, and let us know your favourite(s).
I am so impressed with these paintings.
Winter Castle + Memories of India.
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