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bothies and other cold dark places

A collection of graphite sketches and acrylic paintings of scenes and everyday activities set in remote bothies in the Highlands of Scotland.

Bothies are less busy in winter, the solitude amply compensating for them being cold, dark, dusty and frequently mouse infested. After a day on the hill they are a welcome sight in the failing light of a December dusk. In no time at all the fire is lit and the camping stove bubbling away with the first brew of the evening....

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