Broughty Ferry

Broughty Ferry

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	Paintings relating to Broughty Ferry. I live and work in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, Scotland. Much of my output is directly based on my immediate environment. The shoreline of the Tay and the sky above it is a constant source of observed imagery which goes straight into my work. I aim to use the the space and light, which is such a feature of the River Tay and its associated landscape, as a subject in itself.


	The Dimming of the Day 20x 24ins Oil on canvas from Broughty Ferry Beach




	Broughty Ferry Castle - Dawn



		The Tay is a major element in the locality and its presence influences every aspect of the landscape.




	Broughty Ferry Castle - Moonlight with Castle lights


	The view from the river


	I’m a member of the Taymara maritime training charity so I’m often out on local vessels “Badger” and “Marigot” which gives me a totally different perspective on the landscape, on the river itself and of the sky above it.




	In Marigot’s wheelhouse around Balmerino, returning from Perth. Marigot at Broughty Ferry Harbour and Badger at the Tay Rail Bridge (right)


	New - River Tay Dolphin Gallery



	River Tay Dolphin Gallery


	In recent years dolphins have returned to the Tay in increasing numbers and while these these same dolphins frequent the Moray Firth, their presence in the Tay extends from at least May to October so it’s possible to regard these as a resident population.They are Bottlenose dolphins and the pod inhabiting the Tay has been observed to consist of up to 50 individuals and includes new born calves.

	Broughty Ferry must be one of the few places where residents on the front can see dolphins from their window.

		Click for gallery of Dolphin Photos taken over the past 5 years from Badger and Marigot


	Paintings directly associated with Broughty Ferry


	This study of a wave is from the steps at the end of Church Street, Broughty Ferry.



		See “2 Sunsets - 18th February” for a sequence of photographs showing Noctilucent clouds seen from Broughty Ferry on the 18th of February last year.



	Also from the Pebble Beach at Church Street, this painting is of three of the young swans that live around Beach Crescent and are a well known part of local life.



			Study of a breaking wave from here with Scotscraig Lighthouse painted in the background


	Immortalised for better or worse (worse actually, let’s face it) as “the Silvery Tay”, the river at Broughty Ferry shows an amazing ability to change colour, light and cloud cover, to change its water surface, and to generally alter its appearance in a very short space of time.



	These are some studies of the River Tay at various times and in different light.


	Although Broughty Ferry is no longer a working ferry port, it still has a working harbour and the Tay is a busy river, hosting everything from Oil rigs to supertankers, sailing ships, cruise liners and leisure craft of all sizes.








		The Thought Cloud - Tentsmuir. Observed and painted from Broughty Castle



		Yellow Dawn painted from Castle Green Broughty Ferry


		This study of the oil rig “Gorilla 7 leaving Dundee” was commissioned by one of the engineers who actually built her and the painting is in Houston now.

	Gorilla 7 and others have lent her substantial presence to the Stannergate several times now, much to the annoyance of nearby residents who find their television signal diverted by the biggest TV aerial in the world.

		I think the rigs are brilliant myself and seeing them enter and leave the Tay is a real event.





				The Larick Beacon, in the Tay, off Tayport, sketched from Badger and finished in the studio



						After the Greatest Clouds - observed over the Tay looking west towards the bridges