Con Brio In bloom This painting captures a view

This painting captures a view of Stonehaven as seen looking down from the Ury Estate

The buildings don’t feel separate from the landscape

slightly theatrical and wonderfully improbable against the Aberdeenshire landscape

So much so that

Con Brio In bloom This painting captures a view20 x 20 cm When Basquiat's 'Untitled (skull)' painting sold for a record breaking sum in 2017, it prompted me to look again at the language of his work: the crowns; fractured heads; text fragments; boxing references; and the raw urgency of his mark making. One painting in particular resonated it featured the comic book heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, and the Lone Ranger. As a boy, I was obsessed with Superman comics and constantly copied drawings of