Gairloch Museum Art Gallery
8 July - 26 August 2023
My paintings are inspired by both the coastal landscapes and the peat and heather moors around Gairloch and the outer Hebrides. In each of them, I seek to express the atmosphere of changing seasons. To achieve the rich autumn colours of the peat and bracken moor in the paintings of Shieldaig Croft I made my own orange-coloured soft pastels by burning North Uist peat, gathering the bright rusty iron oxide ash from the fire and mixing it with gum arabic.
The paintings depicting timber boat wrecks, lying in their last resting place on the shore in Badachro are local memories of the past that fade and disperse as they decay naturally with time and tide.
I am honoured and privileged to be showing my work in the Gairloch Museum Art Gallery.
Sheena Graham - BA (Hons) Painting
Boat, 'The Guiding Light' Badachro Bay Gairloch. 42cm x 58cm: Watercolour on Paper
Early Spring, North West Coast. 60cm x 60cm: Oil on Canvas
Autumn in the Western Isles. 80cm x 80cm: Oil on Canvas
A summer's Day, Mellon Udrigle. 60cm x 60cm: Oil on Canvas
Spring in the Outer Hebrides. 60cm x 60cm: Oil on Canvas
Summer on the Island of Vallay, North Uist. 80cm x 80cm: Oil on Canvas
Past Times, The Pivot, Badachro Shore. 40cm x 28cm: Acrylic on Paper
Evening Light, Shielding Croft,: 20cm x 24cm - Pastel and Watercolour on paper
The Still of Winter, The West Coast. 80cm x 80cm: Oil on Canvas
Resting on the Shore, Upturned wooden boat, Badachro Bay. 58cm x 42cm: Mixed Media on Paper
Sea Washed Stones, Stones on the Beach at Redpoint, Gairloch. 80cm x 22cm: Oil and Pastel on Canvas
Peatlands, Shieldaig Croft. 20cm x 24cm: Pastel and Watercolour on Paper
Evening Falls, Shielding Croft. 20cm x 22cm: Pastel and Watercolour on Paper
Autumn Gold, Shielding Croft. 20cm x 20cm: Pastel and Watercolour on Paper
Bracken and the Heather, Shieldaig Croft. 20cm x 20cm: Pastel and Watercolour on Paper
Highland Quarry. 20cm x 20cm: Mixed Media Collage
The Stalkers Track, Lochan Fuar,: 42cm x 30cm - Watercolour on paper -
If you are interested in purchasing one of the artworks at the gallery then please contact Gairloch Museum by phone or email. The Gallery is also happy to help organise the delivery of the artwork.
Gairloch Museum, Gairloch, Ross-shire, IV21 2BH
T: 01445 712 287 E: office@gairlochmuseum.org www.gairlochmuseum.org
With thanks to Eilidh and Emma - Exhibition Coordinators