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Mill by the Bridge, Catterline, seen from Burn
Mill by the Bridge, Catterline, seen from Burn
Mill by the Bridge, Catterline, seen from Burn

Mill by the Bridge, Catterline, seen from Burn

Artist (Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1924 - 1992)
Date1975-1981
Mediumpastel on glass paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 27.9 cm
Frame: Height: 40.6 cm, Width: 56 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1981.
Copyright© Estate of the Artist (2008)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000583
About MeThe white gabled building to the right of the composition is Catterline School.

Writing to the then Director of Aberdeen Art Gallery, Ian McKenzie Smith, Angus Neil described these pastel drawings in vivid and poetic lines and revealing how they captured the landscape that had inspired his friend and fellow painter Joan Eardley:

Carol [Gibbons] has some pastels of mine all related to the places Joan painted the mains the raith the beach Slain park Kineff the Crawton the village the sunset the sheep the rain the sun the wheat the corn the binder the horses the pub the Johnny Walker bottles the taxi the shop the petrol pump and the whole bloody disappointing set up.. (21st June 1980).

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Even if you have difficulty in seeing what this image portrays, the colours and textures can be appreciated in their own right.