Angus lives in the W Highlands and for many years was the factor of an estate there. I did this drawing from a photo in which his left arm was pointing to a small patch of the rare liverwort Acrobolbus wilsonii on steep rocks in a ravine. So now you can imagine those steep rock faces to his right. Or you could imagine that he’s on the sidewalk on 42nd Street in New York City, pointing to something in a shop window. Or that you and he have been standing somewhere (for example just outside Lochaline Stores) chatting for so long that someone he’s with has had enough and is quietly trying to pull him away…
Details: Graphite pencil; 2017; 21 cm x 30 cm. Original sold; unframed print £30.
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