Sightseeing is inspired by childhood memories and of time spent in nature with my Granda.
While I live deep in the heart of the forest, my first love be it fresh or salt, was water.
My kin were of the sea; fisher folk and deep sea divers. The salt is in my blood.
My Granda loved to tell me tales as tall as the masts; stories of kelpies, selkies n merfolk, the lore of leviathan’s that lurk in deep. In Scottish folklore, the mermaid, or ceasg (maighdean mhara), is a supernatural creature with a woman's upper body and a salmon's tail.
When we weren’t out in the his wee fishing boat Rosie, it was up the river. Because in our house, fly-fishing was a religion, the salmon revered, its life intrinsically linked to our own.
Derived from the latin word, salire meaning ‘to leap.’ The fish of wisdom, ethereal; master in the realms of both fresh and saltwater. Teaching us everything is connected and all rivers run free. Instinct calls to them and using inherited magnetic maps, they traverse thousands of miles while heroically, swimming against the odds. They follow the scent of their ancestors, until finally, they reach that place they call home.
The salmon’s life is an odyssey, ours too, interwoven in the cycle of life.
The illustration is professionally printed on 250gsm artist-quality archival paper.
The paper compliments the original texture of the painting without sparing colour rendition.
Printed edge to edge, with no border and ready to frame.
Colours may vary slightly from your computer screen.
As with all art, it is best to keep out of direct sunlight to reduce the risk of fading.
A4 Print 210mm x 297mm
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Prints will be delivered sandwiched between thick card to keep them safe n secure.