Here are Guy’s 11 painting of the Hebrides. It was on his bucket list to do 10 but there is an extra practice painting to total 11. Included are brief comments on each painting written by Guy.

The theme of these paintings is “Troubling”. The color red is used in instances in the paintings where red wouldn’t typically occur. The idea is to make the viewer of these paintings feel troubled since something is awry and hopefully, they will want to come back to have another look.

Comment: “Got restless with the Hebridean paintings plan for this month so this was a practice painting to get things rolling. A happy accident that the canvass stuck to another painting creating a wave effect. Enjoyed the experience. Glad to see I wasn’t that rusty.”

Comment: “Had to get my teeth into the first Hebridean painting. What’s more iconic than the bridge onto the Isle of Skye, the gateway to the Outer Hebrides. Painted the “bridge” freehand, slightly disconcerting to say the least. Kept this one very simple to emphasize the span.”

Comment: “There is no such thing as a large red erratic, or is there? Love the boldness of the rock.”

Comment: “Added cows as the stone seemed to be insignificant. The three seagulls were added to nullify a mistake when painting the height of the rock. Notice the cows’ red noses.”

Comment: “Notice one red sheep. A bit troubling.”

Comment: “Lady Stone readily jumped on to the paintbrush. I was very pleased. This is a painting of the Callanish Standing Stones we visited on the Isle of Lewis.”

Comment: “Thoughts of Flora MacDonald inspired this painting. My Aunt Adia said Flora’s croft was located next to hers north of Portree on the Isle of Skye. This painting is fictional, based on a typical Croft cottage on Skye. It has a brooding backdrop.”

Comment: “Abandoned cottage on North Uist near our campsite. The badger, next to the left side of the house, is symbolic of a dear friend “Badge” aka Karen Horrocks. The sky was done in a disruptive way to highlight the derelict cottage.”

Comment: “A must see on Skye. Ridiculously busy. The three little people are a spoof on the number of people actually visiting it. Very inspirational to paint. Had the most fun with this particular painting and the depth that was created. There is a “troubling” red in the rocks.”

Comments: “Under the gun to get 10 pictures done in the Hebrides before leaving the Hebrides. Hence the liberty of my own creation. I made it up. The angus cow has red horns.”

Comment: “Saw a rock formation looking like our mascot Paddington on the Isle of Lewis. Couldn’t resist using the rock formation as a painting subject. Subtle red hat for theme.” (see Paddington in the foreground on the right).