This painting captures the haunting beauty of Glen Clova — a landscape where strength and fragility coexist. The dark silhouette of the broken tree anchors the composition, its stark form cutting through a cascade of luminous blues and yellows. It stands as both witness and survivor, echoing the resilience of the Highland terrain itself.
Behind it, houses gleam softly against layered fields and hills, their warmth contrasting with the cool density of the surrounding air. The composition moves between shadow and radiance, stillness and motion, embodying the emotional tension of place — a moment of rupture transformed into harmony through colour.
Broken Tree, Glen Clova continues my exploration of the Scottish landscape as an inner world — where memory, weather, and emotion converge. It is less about depicting a scene than translating its spirit: the song of light and endurance carried on the wind through the
