The Old Man of Stoer
The Old Man of Stoer is another iconic landmark hereabouts, and is a constant challenge to climbers. I painted this for a friends birthday card, who has climbed it seventeen times! I didn't want to paint a soft, insipid image of the rock stack because it is anything but that. It's bleak, rugged and very dangerous and definitely nowhere to go but down, if you make a mistake. This was done when weather conditions couldn't be better really, a calm, gentle day. Jackson's rough paper 16"x12" black and sepia soluble inks, black Indian ink, watercolours; P.grey, V. red, R. sienna, B. sienna and a little white gouache to break up the sea around the rocks. Thank for looking.
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