The Haggis Party, Pen and Watercolour on Paper
My latest few blogs are collections of art on specific themes. Certain themes recur almost without thinking. So these blogs are a kind of sketch book for me or mini exhibitions. (Apologies in advance for my poor photography of some of the images.)
Tinto Hill here in South Lanarkshire with its distinctive profile, is a daily view and over the past three years has shown up repeatedly in my art in cartoons, drawings and paintings.
Tinto is a hill with history.
Oil on Canvas
100 x 150 cm
The Clydesdale Horse originates from the farms at the base of Tinto. In this large painting, bleak winter weather storms over Tinto as the powerful Clydesdale horse blows in on the winter wind. Painted with copper and gold acrylic paint and overlaid with oil paint to create what I hope is an atmospheric painting.
Available as a print, £20/£30
The saying ‘If Wishes Were Horses, pure men would ride’ was first collected by 1676 by James Carmichael. The Carmichael Estate is at the base of Tinto. This drawing is part of a series of artworks based on the expression. The dandelion clock is another recurring image in my artwork.
blog here
A unicorn stands at the top of the hill.
The Unicorn is the symbol of Scotland.
Original drawing available
Link to this and more original unicorn drawings here
‘On Tintock Tap’ Detail 
Detail 
Detail 
And in that mist there is a kist
And in that kist there is a caup
And in that cup there is a drap
Tak’ up the cup drink aft the drap
And Set up camp on Tinto Tap
Pencil on Paper
Original Artwork Available
Decoding the rhyme – blog here
A girl gets ready to ride up a mountain. Never stop dreaming or attempting to climb mountains!
Pencil on Paper
Original Artwork Available
Available as a black and white hand signed and titled print
£20/30
Angel seeds, angel wishes, hope and life.
Drawn during lockdown for an exhibition in Lanark
Available as a hand signed and titled print
£20/£30
blog here
This painting portrays trees and dandelion clocks and another recurring theme that of horse trees.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Available
Ink and Watercolour
A bit of daft fun. Harris’s Haggises!
Framed Original Available
Acrylic on Canvas
This framed painting is oil on copper so changes in the light. It is much more interesting in the flesh than in the photo.
Available
Pen and Ink
Link to this and other original cow drawings Blog Power of Cow – here
Available as a print
£20/£30
Oil on Canvas
100 x 150 cm
Very loosely based on a Hokusai print. I keep doing more work on this painting, so although framed who knows if it is actually finished!
Available
If you are interested in any of the artwork in this blog please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes
Kirsten
kirstenfharris@btopenworld.com
