Far
from the high profile tourist spots, ignored crumbling walls
once housed Kings & Queens, smuggling, intrigue and treachery.
More than enough stimulus.
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dinghies at Lochcarron (Northwest Scotland) on a calm
afternoon.
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Street looking towards the old bridge, Perth. Perth was
the Wine smuggling centre of Scotland with the goods off-loaded
from ships along this very riverbank.
Oil
on 100% Rag Art paper After
devastating floods in Perth, Scotland, the whole river
frontage was remodeled with barrier walls and floodgates
in 2003.
Tay
Street- Perth 320mm
x 200mm
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on 100% Rag Art paper A
view of Perth river frontage after flood protection remodeling
but still retaining much of the old architecture.
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Burn by Ministers Pool, Glenalmond in Perthshire, Scotland.
Tackling a familiar spot from a different viewpoint.
Mike's
has a strong interest in historical Scotland, in addition to
his passion for wildlife. His pictures increasingly reflect
this interest and have resulted in increasingly more Scottish
landscape paintings. The focus presently is around the Tay River
but he is slowly venturing deeper into the Highlands in pursuit
of the more ellusive wildlife and those stunning views.