The Commission
In the spring of 2008 the  McCartney family of  East Mains, East Kilbride commissioned me to paint a series of  pictures on some interior shutters in their home, which was undergoing extensive renovations and redecoration. The  refurbishment was  being conducted by Fran and Colin in a manner sensitive to the traditional aspects of the  1886 fine stone-built house and they  extended this sensitivity by allowing me freedom in the subject matter of the painted panels. I believe that all art is about our individual view  in one way or another. It interested me to  investigate my view of  another's  so that I could produce a work which you could look at.  I chose Scottish Literature from the past few hundred years - a  mere four or five generations. It would not be illustration of the stories, I explained to a patient Fran and Colin, but rather a personal reaction to them.
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