Ketches Unloading at Hopeman

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You should be Rob. It's beautiful.

Posted by Henry Martin on Fri 22 Jul 06:43:27

Yes ...this is lovely....

Posted by Sylvia Pawson on Fri 22 Jul 09:43:57

My kind of scene. Ab Fab. Would look good on anyone's wall.

Posted by Brian Parnell on Fri 22 Jul 10:54:49

Beautiful Rob, lovely scene well painted. I like the soft colours and the atmosphere.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Fri 22 Jul 11:17:50

Perfect Rob.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 22 Jul 15:07:23

Love this Rob, your detail is great and the colours are wonderful.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 22 Jul 15:27:09

Lovely painting. Great colours

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Fri 22 Jul 16:44:02

It gets my vote as well. Deceptively simple but so difficult to achieve -unless its one of yours of course.

Posted by Willie Drea on Fri 22 Jul 17:47:41

Turning back the time, great stuff Rob.

Posted by Holger . on Sat 23 Jul 21:58:41

Thank you everyone for the lovely comments. I wanted to create a feeling of early-morning serenity, where the air is still and you can hear the conversation of the men unloading from this distance. I've enjoyed rooting this painting in a long-gone moment, and I'm very glad you like it!

Posted by Rob Wigham on Sat 23 Jul 22:06:12

Hang on Studio Wall

21/07/2016

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Pleased with this watercolour. One of the great things about painting is that I can create worlds of my own. This is actually a real one - Hopeman on the Moray Firth in about 1895. A formerly busy commercial and fishing harbour, it's now quiet. The building on the right is now an art gallery where some of my stuff is exhibited.

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Rob Wigham

I am a watercolour painter living and working in the beautiful north of Scotland. Although my painting began with landscape works, I have recently begun painting aircraft, especially with a military theme. I often enjoy placing many of my aircraft in a landscape setting of their own! I am…

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