Above – Coigach 2.  Oil on 5×7″ wood. Rose Strang 2023.

I’ve realised that strictly speaking this series should be called ‘Coigach Series’ since the paintings are not just my impressions of Achiltibuie. I tend to call the Coigach area of Scotland’s west coast ‘Achiltibuie’ since that’s where I go to visit friends when I’m up there. The whole area is Coigach though – named for one of the mountains in the area. Coigach is an incredible landscape featuring unbelievably pointy mountains with beautiful names such as Stac Polaidh and Suillven. I’m gradually getting to the more dramatic scenes as I progress.

I’ve been getting into the feel of this series on 5×7 inch wood, but today I moved on to 10×10 inch wood as I’ll be creating a series for the Limetree Gallery’s winter show this year. I feel this Coigach series will suit the gallery well. The gallery owners have asked their artists for paintings in the 10×10″ format, which suits me well as I often work at that size.

Here are the latest 7×5 paintings, and the first at 10×10 …