A startling discovery Scottish Show 2022 Perfect for an Ayrshire manse

Perfect for an Ayrshire manse with a gap over the chimneypiece

but it appeals at several levels

Unkind words such as ‘dirgy’ and ‘depressing’ are bandied about and there is general agreement that this is a ‘Matthew’ picture

I painted over the pelican and added a young woman

suggesting it might have been painted at the same time

A startling discovery Scottish Show 2022 Perfect for an Ayrshire manseThe Age Tanned Collection I have used pages from a 1902 edition of Florence Marryats novel My Own Child. The quaint chapter titles and the gorgeous Rich Tea biscuit colour of the pages really helped forming the ideas for these little paintings. Oil pastel, acrylic paint and drawing ink on age tanned vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass