The
Mearns Distilled is the result of a chance conversation between photographer Andy
Hall and painter Francis Boag in the Marine Hotel on Stonehaven’s harbour
front. Both have attained distinct and international reputations in their respective
fields but, as their conversation developed about their shared love of Stonehaven,
where they both live, and the surrounding Kincardineshire landscape as an inspiration
for their work, a unique idea evolved.
The seed of the idea was to explore
the inspiration of the distinctive Mearns landscape through the eyes of a photographer
and a painter. The result is a celebration of the beauty and diversity of the
area with its range of coastal and inland scenery, its rich, red-clay farmland
and rocky coastline, its sandy beaches, the vibrant harbour of Stonehaven, the
rivers, woodland and distinctive groups of trees on the horizon, all in the characteristic
clear light of the North East of Scotland.
This collection of vibrant paintings
and atmospheric photographs is Francis and Andy’s combined tribute to the
Mearns that inspired writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon whose novel Sunset Song remains
a landmark in Scottish literature and to whom the book is dedicated. A journey
that began with a passing thought has grown to become an unprecedented insight
into the creative processes involved when a painter and a photographer are captivated
by a landscape that they both love.
Andy would be delighted to sign, date
and personalise any copies that are ordered from this page. Please attach inscription
details on the Paypal order page. |
