Lockdown Landscapes

During Oct 2019 I was filming around East Lothian and came across a regatta of swans at Yellowcraigs. I determined to come back in the spring and make some paintings but then lockdown happened. I created these landscapes referring to my video footage and luckliy I was also able to also study a bevy of swans at St Margaret’s Loch in Holyrood Park. I think because I coudln’t get back to Yellowcraigs the colours became more intense in my mind’s eye.

Lockdown Landscapes was exhibited at The Home of Irresistible Art, Wee Hub, Ocean Terminal in 2022 and then at Chaplaincy Centre, Edinburgh University in 2023.

All images © David Hutchison