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Standing Stones and The Ring of Brodgar

The Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones are two of our most famous archaeological sites in Orkney. The really nice thing is that you can visit them and be the only person there, alone with all their history, especially in the winter. They are truly magical! I still paint them in all different weather,sometimes just as they are and other times I am inspired by just a part of one stone. Each stone has its own personal marks and colours and the surrounding fauna changes with the seasons.

'Dark sunset at The Ring of Brodgar' is a favourite of mine. I have painted sunsets often but they can be tricky! it is easy to make a mistake with watercolour paint especially in the sky, but I think this picture worked out well and I like the deep colours.

In 'Spiral stone at The Ring of Brodgar' I used a bit of artists licence and I added the actual spiral pattern that is on the Westray stone on to the standing stone picture.

In 'The standing stones in the snow' picture I used salt dropped on to the wet paint in the sky to create a snow affect. This small group of stones sit about half a mile from The Ring of Brodgar, you can see the farm of Barnhouse in the distance silhouetted against the snowy hills of Stenness.

'September stones at The Ring of Brodgar' and 'Oystercatchers and curlews at The Ring of Brodgar' show part of the ring during late summer and Autumn. The surrounding heather is very beautiful as it changes colour from a vibrant violet when in flower to later on into browns and orange colours in the Autumn. 

The picture, 'Standing stones, Orkney' is a print of a fused glass piece. I worked with glass for a few years in my gallery in Finstown where I had more room to work. Coloured bulls eye glass is cut into shapes to form the picture, you can also add glass frit, glass paint and stringers. It is then placed in a kiln overnight to fuse and in the morning you open up the kiln with great excitement! There are prints of quite a few glass artworks throughout the site.

I hope you enjoy this selection of prints as much as I did painting them!

 

Dark sunset at the ring of brodgar in Orkney

Dark sunset at the ring of brodgar in Orkney
Spiral Stone at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Spiral Stone at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Dandelions at The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney

Dandelions at The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney
Dark Sky over Hoy, Orkney

Dark Sky over Hoy, Orkney
Northern skies at the ring of brodgar

Northern skies at the ring of brodgar
Stone patterns from The Ring of Brodgar

Stone patterns from The Ring of Brodgar
Magic Stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Magic Stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Sky and stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Sky and stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
The standing stones in the snow

The standing stones in the snow
Sunset at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Sunset at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Standing stones, Orkney

Standing stones, Orkney
Purple Stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Purple Stones at The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Snow and stones, Brodgar, Orkney

Snow and stones, Brodgar, Orkney
Winter sunlight at The Ring of Brodgar

Winter sunlight at The Ring of Brodgar
Sea eagle at Brodgar, Orkney

Sea eagle at Brodgar, Orkney
Peedie sunset at the ring of brodgar

Peedie sunset at the ring of brodgar
Luminous stones, Orkney

Luminous stones, Orkney
Sunset and stone

Sunset and stone
Pink waves and stones, Orkney

Pink waves and stones, Orkney
The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Purple sunset with the standing stones of Stenness, Orkney

Purple sunset with the standing stones of Stenness, Orkney
Wild sunset at The Ring of Brodgar

Wild sunset at The Ring of Brodgar
Orkney stones at The Ring of Brodgar

Orkney stones at The Ring of Brodgar
September Stones at The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney

September Stones at The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney