Ury blues Still Life Craigievar is one of those

Craigievar is one of those castles that almost feels invented already… tall

sun-baked day at the beach

Standing before Monet’s vast panoramic canvases at Tate Britain and MoMA in New York became a lasting source of inspiration for my waterlilies paintings over the years

where the building seems to rise out of the trees as much from imagination as from stone

Ury blues Still Life Craigievar is one of those30 x 30 cm Ury House is a building I know well, but it still has a habit of feeling different each time I come back to it. Having lived on the estate for many years, Ive seen it through all sorts of changes, and it has become a familiar part of the landscape. In many of my paintings, the house appears at a distance, almost as part of the wider setting. Here, though, it takes centre stage