Malcolm Innes Gallery
Address 4 Dundas Street

A Scottish Panorama

If you like your animals fish, foul and Scottish panoramic views, this is exhibition by predominantly 19th century artists is perhaps one to catch. Others might find it on the conservative side.

Take Peter Graham's "Scottish Cattle": this is a very typical scene of two highland cows, one grazing, and one gazing into the distance. A perfect painting to hang in the ancestral home.

The McNeil Maclay's "Stirling Castle", a romanticised picture of the castle, again painted in the l9th century, similarly will no doubt appeal to the green wellies and range-rover set, but is too pretty-pretty for my tastes.

Moving along, we find George Bryant Campion's "Highland Royal Mail Crossing the Burn" (see picture), a delightful watercolour of kilted carrier, dog and horse, vivid against a misty sepia background. There is a palatable feeling of remoteness and ruggedness as they struggle across the moor.

Sir David Murray's "Glen Sannox, Arran" is an arresting painting of dramatic mountains water and boats. He shows a tranquil scene of boats resting at the side of the water in the foreground, and yet there is a hint of a storm brewing in the cloud formation over the mountains. The clouds are beautifully reflected in the water. One of the highlights of the exhibition.

The Time
l5th August - 9th September
Mon - Fri I0-6 Sat. 11-2.

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