Diptych, Wigtown Bay - Orange (Path) and Purple (Storm) Painting

This work consists of two paintings of equal size - each is one foot high and four feet wide. They were created at the same time and work together, but also stand on their own. I like the orange one above the purple and would suggest a simple, light-colored wooden frame for each, but I would trust the collector to decide how they wish to frame and display them. I created the underpainting/drawing on canvas outdoors, overlooking Wigtown Bay in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. I spend much of my time here and am constantly inspired by the way the same view can change so radically in different light and weather conditions. The two works were begun on separate summer days when the weather was radically different...one in the intense evening sun, the other as an afternoon storm was brewing. In the weeks that followed, I finished the pieces in my studio. Each time I look at them I see something different, sometimes faces in the sky. The orange painting shows the path to the site of the Martyr's Stake, an historic place of pilgrimage honoring two women who died there for their religious faith in the 1600s. It is a mystical, spiritual, very special place.