Ness of Brodgar Plein Air Oils

I continue to walk the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney. This year I have alternated standing stones with broad land and skyscapes. They are all watercolours, for a change! Size 20 x 20 table top spiral calendar. SHIPPING is INCLUDED in the price.

First large painting of the 2021 season! I was drawn to the curve of Structure 10 and sat looking across southwards. It was a magical start to the season. Size 10 x 10 inches Oil on deep 1 1/2 inch canvas Price includes shipping When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust

I have loved the path around this structure that is aligned with Maeshowe. During the first few excavation seasons 3 or 4 of the dressers like at Skarabrae. were uncovered Size 10 x 10 inches Oil on deep 1 1/2 inch canvas Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

In 2011, I was troweling on the surface of Structure 12. It draws me every season as so much has been revealed. And the spoil heap on the left has grown so! Size 10 x 10 inches Oil on deep 1 1/2 inch canvas Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

For a brief moment, all the archaeologists had left for a meeting. I just focussed on the background and the darkness of the tires. Under the black plastic, held down by the tires, are the areas not being dug this season. Size 10 x 10 inches Oil on deep 1 1/2 inch canvas Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

There was a moment when I was settling and was ready to start painting some stones, when I looked up and noted all the colours of the archaeologists’ clothing. I quickly tried to capture the contrast found in that moment Size 8 x 10 inches Oil on linen Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

Nearly at the end of the season, a bit of clay was scrapped off that horizontal orthostat and it seemed possible that there was pigment there. Read for news of that research to come. Size 10 x10 inches Oil on 1 1/2 inch deep stretched canvas Shipping included When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust

Hoy presides over the southern edge of the Orkney mainland. It is an important view now, as it was for folks in the Neolithic Size 9 x 12 inches Oil on paper, mounted/matted Shipping included

The Stenness Loch is just south of the excavation site and beyond that are the hills of Hoy. Size 12 x 12 Oil on 1 inch slim stetched canvas Shipping included

The day started out fairly calm. Of course, I started painting as the wind picked up and there was a mad dash to cover Structure 12 in the black plastic and tires. I love the curve of wall looking west. Size 20 x 20inches Oil and mixed media on deep 1 1/2 inch canvas Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

It was during the last few days of the 2021 dig, that I bravely used longer canvases. It was great to have a larger space to cover and working fast with pigment sticks and pigmented charcoal became a very tactile addition to working. Size 36 x 12 Oil and mixed media on canvas Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

This is the place where the diggers gather for lunch and breaks. The Art Hut was just to the left of it. This is a view from the roadside looking over the fence and the dyke to see the corner special seat for a person, key to the dig. Size 5 x 7 inches FRAMED oil on canvas board Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

The grass was high around the main trench and often, I got caught up in it. While the black of the tyres were a somber sight in July 2020, the blue of the Loch Harray was brilliant on this sunny day. Size 9 x 9 inches Oil on canvas board FRAMED Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

Last summer, the swans just dotted the water of the Harry Loch, like bits of foam. I just couldn’t paint black tyres, so sat aroun the side of the trench and painted the views that diggers have to look for. They spend so much time with their eyes to the ground. Size 5 x 7 inches FRAMED Oil on canvas board Price includes shipping. When purchased, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.

As one of the artists in residence during the open dig season at the Ness of Brodgar, I was captivated by all the circles. Tyres are used to anchor the winter covering. Wheelbarrows are essential. It all just keeps it going round. See you in the 2023 season! Catch my 2022 work on exhibit sometime August 2023 in Stromness Size 6 inch diameter Oil on stretched canvas Price includes shipping. When purchase, I send a donation to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.