Frauhaus: Seven Clashnettie paintings

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I have put up seven of the Clashnettie pictures in Frauhaus, Chattan Place, Aberdeen.

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Clashnettie: fields, stream

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Clashnettie,  fields, stream, 37.5 x 29.5 cm

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My work at Clashnettie Arts Centre

This picture brings to a close my period working in Clashnettie Arts Centre, which is about 10 miles north of Dinnet and the Dee Valley, but feels much more remote, located as it is behind twisting roads and at the end of a unpaved track.

I was fortunate with the weather, with day after day of dependable sunshine, or, at least, rain-free. 

I`m ok about with the work I did - at least, most of it -though perhaps it surprised me less than I expected it to. 

Does it make any sense to expect to be surprised? It sounds self contradictory.

 What I mean is that this place did not give me many views or motifs which I had not encountered before, thus my responses were likely, an accessing of old solutions. And it is not just the motifs, but also the quality of light, the weather and the flora.

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Clashnettie, hillside

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Clashnettie, hillside, oil on card, 30.2 x 24.5 cm

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Clashnettie, hill

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Clashnettie, hill, oil on card, 26 x 33.6 cm

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Clashnettie, view

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Clashnettie, view, oil on card, 24.5 x 27 cm

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Clashnettie, woodland

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Clashnettie, woodland, oil on card, 30.3 x 33.2 cm

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Clashnettie, hills

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Clashnettie, hills, oil on card, 25.7 x 21.6 cm

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Clashnettie, near the track end

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Clashnettie, near the track end, oil on card, 21.5 x 26 cm

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Clashnettie, from above

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Clashnettie, from above, oil on card, 25.7 x 39 cm

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Clashnettie, wood, track

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Clashnettie, wood, track, oil on card, 9.5 x 36.9 cm

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Clashnettie hills, fields

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Clashnettie hills, fields, oil on card, 34 x 31 cm

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Clashnettie, trees in the landscape

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Clashnettie, trees in the landscape, oil on card, 25 x 28.5 cm

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Clashnettie: pines

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Clashnettie, pines, oil on card, 32.5 x 28 cm

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Clashnettie, land

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Clashnettie, land, oil on card, 30.5 x 36 cm

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Clashnettie, a view from near the house

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Clashnettie, a view from near the house, oil on card, 27.7 x 25 cm

I`ll now work in colour for a week or so.

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Pines

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Pines, Clashnettie, oil on card, 23.3 x 29 cm - available

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Large Beech, Clashnettie

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 Large Beech, Clashnettie, oil on card, 24.5 x 30.3 cm - available

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Beech tree, Clashnettie

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Beech tree, Clashnettie, oil on card, 30 x 35 cm - available

Having painted this, I shall take a pause before attempting some pictures in colour.

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Clashnettie: clouds 1

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Clashnettie:  clouds 1, oil on card, 20 x 15.5 cm - available

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Clashnettie: clouds 2

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Clashnettie:  clouds 2, oil on card, 20 x 12 cm - available

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