summerlands
‘Kissed by wind, stones, Glengorm, Mull‘
16 x 20” Acrylic on canvas.
From photo’s and sketches made Easter 2010.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae 2012 www.nicki-paints.co.uk
‘Looking West, Sunhoney Stone Circle’ 16 x 20” acrylic on canvas. Just blimmin’ LOVE this place, shame it’s so very tricky to organise into a nice composition for painting, so this time I just painted by fave’ stone :-)
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
‘Silbury Hill’ 20x24” acrylic on canvas. Forgive the little inaccuracies and artistic licence, it’s as much an emotional response as supposed to be representational. Managed to get back to see my dear Silbury after many years living up North, and it was a bit emotional!
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
16x20” acrylic on canvas (I will hold my hands up to making the stone a bit heavier and and shorter and emphasising the lean, wanted it too look precarious).
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
I’ve just noticed this seems to have gained some extra lean since the last photo’s added here.
Image credit: Ian MacRae
16 x 20” acrylic on canvas. This was a magical March day, bright and with the promise of spring – just the day to visit such a fantastic spot!
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Posting up a couple of Brodgar I painted in the field in Feb ‘11 – I resisted posting them before as they are not 100% accurate (the working conditions were a bit distracting, if exhillerating!) but I feel they capture a ‘vibe of place’ that perhaps a photo can’t always, and therefore still useful to post I hope :-)...
‘Gales and Winter Showers, Ring of Brodgar’ 16x20”, acrylic on canvas.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Posting up a couple of Brodgar I painted in the field in Feb ‘11 – I resisted posting them before as they are not 100% accurate (the working conditions were a bit distracting, if exhillerating!) but I feel they capture a ‘vibe of place’ that perhaps a photo can’t always, and therefore still useful to post I hope :-)...
‘An Hour in Icy Wind at Brodgar’ 12 x24”, acrylic on canvas.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
A paiting of part of the circle from experiences and photos taken in Feb 2011 – ‘Strange Skies over Brodgar’ (16 x 20”, acrylics on canvas). The sky was created by an odd mix of Northern Lights, cloud with bright (full) moon on it, street lighting (Stromness), the effects of the camera / long expo, stars... and a little artistic licence.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Not sure, could possibly be another cup mark, but also could be a trick of the lichen / stone colours. Also on Southern side of the stone.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Interesting mark near base, on Southern face of the stone.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Looking roughly West (showing the southern face of the stone).
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Possibly a fallen stone that’s ended up sliding down the slope?
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
With my A5 sketchpad for scale, it is doesn’t seem that large, but it’s quite impressively chunky actually!
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
It’s very easy to imagine the top of the stone interacting somehow with the line of the hills on the other side of the firth – this could be a wishful artists eye though!
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
Looking at the north face of the stone, with the cross carving.
Image credit: Nicki MacRae
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