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Memories of Home: More Black-and-White Landscapes from a Dark Scotland

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Memories of Home: More Black-and-White Landscapes from a Dark Scotland

Fading memories of home in a series of early landscapes from Scotland. Reworked more recently in black-and-white with the exposure turned all the way down to reveal some intricate subtleties of light. Envisioned these as very small scale works, almost like etchings, and love the black-on-black tonal range and textures.

Alba Dubh translates from Scots Gaelic as roughly Dark or Black Scotland. There’s a part of me too that reads alba as white, and so adds black white into the mix.

Part 1 of this series is here

Black-and-white river landscape with scattered boulders in shallow water; long exposure smooths the flow, contrasting with rough rock textures, framed by sparse vegetation, cliffs, mountain and moody sky. — Silver River, Glen Etive (7:49pm Sat 25th Jun 2005)

Monochrome minimalist waterscape with smooth, still surface; a floating curved branch and its faint reflection in the foreground, distant misty hills barely visible, quiet and isolated mood. — Silver Bough, Loch Lomond (4:34pm Fri 10th Dec 2004)

Jagged rock formation dominates a low-light landscape; textured surface in shadow, with rocky terrain and wispy clouds beyond, monochrome tones creating a stark, moody atmosphere. — Sentinel, Isle of Rum (3:29pm Sat 14th May 2005)

Monochrome landscape with still water and layered silhouettes of forested hills and islands; dark gradient sky above, forms fading into distance, quiet and contemplative atmosphere. — Misty Darkness II, Loch Lomond (4:49pm Sat 2nd Apr 2005)

Black-and-white winter landscape with frozen lake, rugged rocks and grasses in foreground, snow-covered mountains beyond, under swirling clouds; stark, moody, remote atmosphere. — Ice Age, Rannoch Moor (7:56am Sat 4th Mar 2006)

Black-and-white landscape with rolling hills and misty distant mountains; grassy foreground with fence posts receding, under expansive sky of wispy clouds, serene and moody. — High Hills, Arrochar Alps (2:06pm Wed 4th Jan 2006)

Monochrome seascape with layered island silhouettes over dark water; gradient sky fades toward horizon, distant forms softening into haze, calm and contemplative atmosphere. — Hebridean Rain, Isle of Skye (7:10pm Fri 6th May 2005)

Black-and-white icy shoreline with rocks and delicate branches in foreground, still reflective water, distant leafless trees and snow-covered mountains beneath a dark, moody sky. — Frozen Landscape, Blackmount (10:43am Sun 19th Feb 2006)

Dark, mist-shrouded mountains with snow-covered peaks; faint central light cuts through shadow, overcast sky merging with haze, foreground in deep darkness, stark and solitary mood. — Cloud Gap, Rannoch Moor (3:37pm Sun 19th Feb 2006)

Monochrome mountain slope under dark sky, snow tracing contours; sparse tree silhouettes in foreground add depth, minimal composition with stark, serene wilderness mood. — Caledonian Pines, Crainlarich (4:23pm Sun 19th Feb 2006)

Two stunted pines silhouetted against a dark sky; twisted branches frame misty water and low hills beyond, monochrome tones creating a quiet, solitary, contemplative mood. — Caledonian Pine, Loch Tulla (3:45pm Wed 1st Dec 2004)

Black-and-white aerial landscape with bridge over winding river leading to a sea-loch, reflective water contrasting dark mountains fading into distance, beneath softly lit wispy clouds, calm and contemplative mood. — Bridge, Ballahulish (7:17pm Thu 21st Apr 2005)

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