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“Swiss Alps Impasto”
Acrylic on Panel
180 mm x 250 mm
(7.13 x 9.76 inches)
Price: GBP 135.00
About the Painting: “Swiss Alps impasto”
A painting knife was used to create this impasto work of a mountain scene in the Swiss Alps. In the foreground you will see many different wild flowers and a small track which leads to a group of trees. The mid distant mountain of purple and blue are there to suggest depth and coolness from the setting sun. The far distant mountains are purposely more in focus to highlight their detail as they are still being clipped by the sunset. Contemporary art prints of this mountain painting sell quite well and beautiful greeting cards of the same have recently been launched. More original sunsets paintings are available for viewing on this site.
“The Bovvie”
Acrylic on Canvas
407 mm x 305 mm
(16 x 12 inches)
Price: GBP 115.00
About the Painting: “The Bovvie”
Bovvie’s are purpose built mountain rescue refuges in the Scottish Highlands. This Bovvie is quite near to Loch Carron. My mountain painting of this Bovvie is a thick impasto work using ultra heavy body acrylics and which are made to simulate oils. It was painted using a painting knife as well as a brush. All the paint was mixed on the canvas too by using wet-in-wet techniques. If you enjoy viewing buildings in paintings then be sure to see my townscape paintings as well as my farming paintings.
“Nepalese Splendour”
Acrylic on Paper
297 mm x 210 mm
(11.69 x 8.27 inches)
Price: GBP 65.00
About the Painting: “Nepalese Splendour”
The idea behind this mountain painting was to explore how light from a sunset can instantly change dull mountain colours into something quite spectacular and majestic looking. To achieve this painting I had to work from a photograph. If you enjoy looking at large rocks and mountains in general the my seascapes paintings of Wales will show you a diversified selection.
“Snowdonia”
Acrylic on Paper
286 mm x 197 mm
(11.25 x 7.75 inches)
Price: GBP 60.00
About the Painting: “Snowdonia”
This mountain painting was entered into a painting exhibition to describe “the bleakness of landscape”. It shows the summit areas of Snowdonia in North West Wales during a late Winter afternoon. Snowdonia is the tallest mountain in Wales. My original landscape paintings will show you parts of the Cambrian mountain range and with much more colour and detail.
“Welsh Winter Sun”
Oil Pastel on Paper
254 mm x 178 mm
(10 x 7 inches)
Price: GBP 45.00
About the Painting: “Welsh Winter Sun”
The purpose of creating this mountain painting was to describe the country of Wales in a simple painted format. The painting suggests the warmth and wisdom of its people plus the mystique which is integrated into the landscape. This Welsh Winter Sun painting does have a slight abstract appeal to it ; if you like it then you might find my other abstract landscape paintings enjoyable too.
“Ice Blue Mountains”
Acrylic on Canvas Panel
508 mm x 406 mm
(20.00 x 16.00 inches)
About the Painting: “Ice Blue Mountains”
This mountain painting was to test my skill. The mountains were built up in multiple layers of thin washes and which have an interesting transparency that show the brush strokes below the top layers. The real skill came into being by using long handled brushes and holding them right at their ends (ie the other end from the brush end). This technique is very difficult to master but once achieved it does afford better brush control with regards to flexibility of movement. If you would like me to create a mountain scene like this for you then please consider commissioning me to paint you one.
Mountain Paintings
Not all these mountain paintings are scenes from the UK. The “Bovvie” is a Scottish Highland composition, “Snowdonia” represents Wales and “Welsh Winter Sun” is based purely on the my imagination. Similarly, “Ice Blue Mountains” is a fictional landscape. Professionally produced prints of the mountain painting “Swiss Alps Impasto” are selling quite well. “Nepalese Splendour” was an experiment in capturing different lights. Welsh mountains are shown under the original landscape paintings category and in particular the paintings named as “Cellan” and “Llanwnnen”. Also the waterfall paintings of Wales category will show specific mountainous areas. For distant mountain scenes the water paintings of Ceredigion and the farming paintings of Wales will show you a small selection of mountain views. The pictures of deserts are essentially mountain paintings too but obviously not from the UK. My surname, McNaught-Davis, is synonymous with British Mountaineering but alas it is not me who is the famous climber; it’s a distant cousin, Ian McNaught-Davis. I used to enjoy climbing, abseiling and pot holing but these days I prefer to paint mountains rather than to climb them.
