Welcome to the Scottish Beastie’s page of my website! As well as my painting and drawing work, I was recently given the privilege of updating over 50 years of sketches and observations by a chap called Lachie Dundurn and bringing the illustrations to a wider audience... namely you!
Recently, a Publishing House approached me with an unusual proposition – ‘Would I be prepared to read a number of diaries and polish up the very ‘different’ sketches contained therein?’ Now, this is not my usual sort of commission but, intrigued by the air of mystery, I readily agreed.
What was revealed to me was a whole other world that I knew nothing about. I’ve seen only a fraction of the information held by the Publishers but this small glimpse has left me eager to find out more.
Illustrations
As regards my illustrations, I hope that I have succeeded in doing justice to Lachie’s original sketches. Clearly, he is a talented amateur artist. I take no credit for the discovery of these Beasties nor look for praise at their ultimate presentation to you. A selection of the many illustrations I produced are shown here but they can all be seen at www.scottishbeasties.com
Instead, I can only marvel at the patience and meticulous attention to detail that this man of the ‘Great Outdoors’ has recorded in his fascinating field journals.
I hope that you enjoy discovering the world of the Scottish Beasties as much as I have… and while you are here, please have a look around the rest of my web site and let me know what you think of my ‘usual’ work !
These extremely rare photographs show a shy Moortie appearing from a dry stone wall.
