Findo Gask is a tiny place in Perthshire where ancient and recently modern warfare come together. Around it are the traces of a Roman camp and signal stations, and during WW2 there was an RAF airfield , all invisible now, although there is a monument memorialising the airfield and the personnel. This memorable shape of sitka plantation and lochan, or pond grabbed my attention and I made a very quick sketch, which was the seed for these paintings. The day moon was present high up in the clear blue sky, a special spring phenomenon, I think, it was mid-April and a warm day.

This first painting, day moon and reflections at Findo Gask, is oil over acrylic and collage on cradled panel, 76 x 76 cm.

Findo Gask day moon, oil on cradled gesso board, 20 x 25 cm.

day moon and pond at Findo Gask, oil on plywood panel, 30 x 30 cm

Findo Gask, oil on plywood panel, 25 x 20 cm