JANE MACNEILL The Silence of Mountains
Jane MacNeill The Silence of Mountains 15th August - 5th September 2020
cover Blue Hill and Birches (Carn Eilrig) oil on board | 44cm x 54cm opposite Red Birches (Carn Eilrig) oil on board | 93cm x 116cm
Foreword These are the mountains of my childhood, the hills of home. They are ancient, weathered, and rounded by retreating ice; the colours they reflect are dictated by their geology, by the plants that manage to grow on them, by the quality of snow and ice, and by water. Although I have walked countless times amongst them, it is their distance that moves me. When they are half hidden by forests, or by the vast thickness of air between my eyes and their surfaces, I am filled with a swelling sense of calm which sweeps away busy thoughts, a kind of fast track to the meditating mind’s goal of marvellous emptiness. For me, the process of painting is an attempt to recapture this effect; a clearing away of clutter, a distillation of what is seen through half closed eyes, to elements of water and stone, and air.
Jane MacNeill Dark Mountain with small cloud moving (Carn Eilrig) oil on board 93cm x 116cm
May 2020
Beyond the Mountain (Beinn Liath Mhor a’ Ghiubhais Li) oil on board 93cm x 116cm
Pale Mountains and Bright Birches above Glen Feshie acrylic and oil 27cm x 30cm
Last Light, Creagan Gleannain acrylic and oil 25cm x 30cm
Hillside in Shadow, Glen Feshie acrylic and oil on board 27cm x 30cm
Brightening Sky above Glen Feshie acrylic and oil 27cm x 30cm
Winter Mountain with Reflection and Two Clouds (Carn Eilrig)| oil on board | 78cm x 101cm
Dusk on the Mountain (Beinn Liath Mhor a Ghiubhais Li) oil on board 93cm x 116cm
Ghost Pine, Ryvoan Pass oil on board 25cm x 30cm
Skeleton Pine, Ryvoan Pass oil on board 25cm x 30cm
Large Cloud over Glen Tromie acrylic and oil on board 27cm x 30cm
Grey Mountain (Beinn Liath Mhor a’ Ghiubhais Li) oil on board 45cm x 49cm
Mountain Pass in Red and Blue (Lairig Ghru)| oil on board | 117cm x 152cm
Rainbow over Glen Feshie oil on board 48cm x 56cm
Dusk on the Grey Mouintain (Beinn Liath Mhor a Ghiubhais Li) oil on board 45cm x 49cm
Stand of Ghost Pines, Ryvoan Pass oil on board 25cm x 30cm
Blue Hill and Birches (Carn Eilrig) oil on board 44cm x 54cm
Sunset in the Birches beneath the Hill (Creagan Gleannaig) oil on board 78cm x 101cm
Light from the East, Drumguish acrylic and oil on board 45cm x 49cm
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