Lewis Waugh
The Pass of Likempt 65 x 45cm
The Pass of Likempt was called 'the grand-father of all scree slopes' by Scottish mountaineer, Hamish Brown. And so it proved to be. 4-5000 feet of tortuous scree. There had been little time to recover from a bout of pneumonia and then the flu before our trip to the High Atlas in Morocco and this was our first big climb. The guide thought I was going to die, the muleteer thought I was going to die and I thought I was going to die. It was a mighty struggle and thus a glorious moment of summit victory. "Ah! So this painting is all about ascendancy then", declared my niece's husband.
The Pass of Likempt was called 'the grand-father of all scree slopes' by Scottish mountaineer, Hamish Brown. And so it proved to be. 4-5000 feet of tortuous scree. There had been little time to recover from a bout of pneumonia and then the flu before our trip to the High Atlas in Morocco and this was our first big climb. The guide thought I was going to die, the muleteer thought I was going to die and I thought I was going to die. It was a mighty struggle and thus a glorious moment of summit victory. "Ah! So this painting is all about ascendancy then", declared my niece's husband.
Tizi Mzik
Bhlabheinn (Blaven) 53 x 41 cm.
Os cionn Loch nam Bairnneas 41 x 37 cm
A lockdown piece inspired by Duncan' Chisholm's music
A lockdown piece inspired by Duncan' Chisholm's music
A' Mhorbhairne (Morvern) 37 x 56 cm
Skye Winter Solstice 36 x 36cm
The Precious Place after Duncan Chisholm 37 x 55cm
During lockdown the fiddler Duncan Chisholm maintained a steady stream of music on his page. 'The Precious Place' was performed at Celtic Connections 2021 which we were able to view via Zoom. It was a heart rending piece made all the more poignant by our knowing exactly where that place was and our own inability to be there.
During lockdown the fiddler Duncan Chisholm maintained a steady stream of music on his page. 'The Precious Place' was performed at Celtic Connections 2021 which we were able to view via Zoom. It was a heart rending piece made all the more poignant by our knowing exactly where that place was and our own inability to be there.
Sandwood Bay 19 x 26 cm
Sketch for 'Harta Corrie'
In 'Window to the West', M Bateman and J Purser write of the second sight in the Gaidhealtacht. They quote Eilidh Watt (1908 - 1996) as suggesting, that strong feelings and sounds might last forever, and that the ground might absorb the emotions and events which are then perceived by people with the second sight. Though every brain possesses the potential to perceive such things, as every flame possesses smoke .....
The experiences of Skye and Harta Corrie in particular - I'll not call it 'inspiration' - were behind the creation of this piece.
The experiences of Skye and Harta Corrie in particular - I'll not call it 'inspiration' - were behind the creation of this piece.
