The White Drake after J Crawhall
I painted this last year when I was stuck for inspiration. The original by Joseph Crawhall, one of the "Glasgow Boys", has always been a favourite of mine. He painted his in gouache on linen, my version is gouache on Saunders Waterford. Painted around 1895 I've always felt it had quite a modern feel to it and could easily have been painted today. Thankfully it got me out of painters block, for a while anyway LOL
About the Artist
Val Kenyon
I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…
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