The Living Mountain
A stunning series of images – a symphony of subtle essences ***** Giles Sutherland The Times
In December 2020 I was commissioned by The Folio Society London to create a series of seven paintings to illustrate their new publication of Scotland’s iconic classic of landscape literature; The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd.
(The Folio Society edition of Nan Shephard’s The Living Mountain illustrated by Rose Strang and introduced by Robert Macfarlane is now exclusively available at www.foliosociety.com )
Link to book …The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, published by the Folio Society 2021
The series will be on exhibition in 2023 at the following galleries …
The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh. 17th February to 31st March.
The Heriot Gallery, Edinburgh. From April 17th to 24th.
Watch video: The Living Mountain. Dreaming a Response

‘Among Elementals. Book cover. The Living Mountain Series. Oil on 60x42cm wood. Rose Strang 2020
- ‘We waded on into the brightness. The Living Mountain Series’. Acrylic on 30x21cm wood. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘Flowing from granite. The Living Mountain Series’. Acrylic and oil on 30x21cm wood. Rose Strang 2021
- Strange and beautiful forms are evolved. The Living Mountain Series. Acrylic, salt and oil on 30x21cm wood. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘For not getting lost is a matter of the mind. The Living Mountain Series’. Grid paper, and acrylic on on 37x27x2 cm antique pine. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘I like the unpath best. The Living Mountain Series’. Acrylic on 30x21cm wood. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘But did I dream that roe? The Living Mountain Series’. Oil on on on 37x27x2 cm antique pine. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘Everything became good to me. The Living Mountain Series.’ Acrylic and oil on 30x21cm wood. Rose Strang 2021
- ‘Map background, Cairngorms plateau. The Living Mountain Series’. Grid paper and acrylic on on 37x27x2 cm antique pine. Rose Strang 2020
2019
Planet Narnia – exhibition and event
Below; the Planets Series.
Planet Narnia. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis
The paintings above take inspiration from the planets as understood in Medieval cosmology and imagination, and the seven books of Narnia which were each inspired by the seven planets (as discovered by Michael Ward, author of ‘Planet Narnia. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis’.)
Exhibition and Talk at Demarco Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh 2019.
The paintings were exhibited at the Demarco Gallery, Summerhall, Edinburgh in September 2019, and the exhibition launch was accompanied by a talk by Michael Ward
More info about the exhibition: Planets Series
Below; photos of the related talk at the Demarco Galleries, Summerhall 2019
- Richard Demarco and Michael Ward, talk at Summerhall
- Photo by Devo Cutler-Rubenstein. http://devoronpix.com
- Talk at Summerhall. Photo by Devo Cutler-Rubenstein. http://devoronpix.com
- Talk by Michael Ward, Summerhall. Photo by Devo Cutler-Rubenstein. http://devoronpix.com