Sir William Gillies

In Ardnamurchan

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About this artwork

William Gillies used watercolours to paint quickly and intuitively from nature. His landscape pictures of the mid-1930s are particularly expressive and emotional. He said of this large watercolour, with its dark skies and imminent rain: ‘The mood of this one I like. There is a fine threat in the landscape’. Ardnamurchan (meaning ‘Headland of the Great Seas’) is the most westerly point of mainland Scotland.

Updated February 2024

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Sir William Gillies

Sir William Gillies