Above – North End Iona 3. Rose Strang 2024. One of a series of straightforwardly happy seascapes depicting my favourite place!

These three paintings were created because I was commissioned to paint a large seascape, so I thought I’d paint three, just for the fun of it. The commissioner chose ‘North End Iona 1’ and so I offered the others to the two very excellent galleries I’ve been working with for many years – the Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol and the Resipole Gallery, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.

North End Iona 3 has sold (thank to the Lime Tree Gallery) and North End Iona 2 will be available from the Resipole soon, as part of their upcoming celebratory 20th anniversary exhibition which launches on the 30th June

I wish I was able to attend it, but I’ll be celebrating my own anniversary (wedding!) with Adam on the Isle of Iona at the end of June – an opportunity for more painting practice. It’s just about impossible for any artist to resist those colours, so I know we’ll return with many sketches and photos.

On that subject, the photos below show us in Ardnamurchan in 2022. What a year that was – just one day after taking part in Landscape artist of the year in Blackpool, we drove up to the Resipole Gallery in northwest Scotland  to enjoy the exhibition opening of a joint exhibition of my work alongside painter Jim Wright and ceramicist Helen Michie. Jim played the guitar and we all had a sing-song.

Between that experience and my day in Blackpool with Landscape artist of the year, guess which experience wins hands down (sorry laoty!) I highly recommend taking a trip to the Resipole to enjoy their 20th anniversary exhibition!