Introducing my painting:
Edinburgh Castle.

11.12.2007

Last summer I stepped off a train into a cool, grey, rainy haze and was formally introduced to Edinburgh, Scotland.  As I surveyed the historic city with my very own eyes, the grey of the sky made the green of the grass look brilliantly bright and beautiful.  The thing that left the most lasting image in my mind though was the ominous looking castle that I saw sitting atop dark black volcanic rock.  There is something very tough and masculine about that castle.  It is much more ominous than the dainty yellow riverside castle to the south (a.k.a. the Tower of London.)  Anyway, it made such an impression on me that I knew that I had to paint it.  So meet painting number 55.  I hope that y'all get along well.

See this painting in progress here.

Detail of the painting.