A close friend said this to me in conversation a few weeks before he died with dementia. I didn’t really understand then what he was trying to say – and I still wonder about it. Was the context geographical or temporal? What was he on about in his confused ramblings? And then it occurred to me that, ironically, my friend was being quite prescient. His funeral was a few days before the country closed down due to Covid-19 and it seemed to me that, since then, the whole world has lost much of its sense of time and place. So, “take the second Tuesday on the left” . Who knows where you might end up and what you might find there?
Measures 1 metre wide by .5 metre deep.
£2000
An impression of a stained glass window in mixed-media (wire, white metal, oil paint, epoxy and printing blocks), representing a stylised adult figure. with a child. – by Bill Shannon.
A very nice view of one of Edinburgh’s historic closes – Lady Stair’s – just off the Royal Mile in the Old Town. The location of a 17th. century townhouse, built in 1622 for the Edinburgh baronet Sir William Gray of Pittendrum and acquired by Lady Stair almost a century later, This work is in good condition, signed and titled in pencil and remounted in its original frame. I have no information about this artist.
A very nice and very old watercolour showing the ancient Tolbooth in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Built in 1591 this was the centre of Administration for the Canongate area of the city and is now a museum and a tavern. Signed by James Nimmo, this work is in good condition. Reframed in a sympathetic period frame.
A lovely etching of the historic Tolbooth in Edinburgh’s Old Town by the Scottish artist Louis Weirter. Built in 1591 this was the centre of Administration for the Canongate area of the city and is now a museum and a tavern. In good condition and in its original frame, this work is signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
A lovely oil on canvas by the Highland artist Jim Neville. Signed, and titled verso by the artist and in good condition in its original frame.
Perhaps a wee drop the Chagalls here in this very nice artists proof etching by Sally Orr, (Sally Wild). Sally, apart from being a very fine artist, is also a bit of a crofter with her own chickens, ducks and sheep and this image reflects aspects of her love of the land. Here, the title refers to Doll, a rural crofting township near Brora in Sutherland. In good condition, newly framed and signed and titled by the artist
A nice little etching showing the exterior of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. Signed, lower left, by the artist Charles H. Clark, it is in good condition bearing a label, verso.