janclizer

Painter & Musician specializing in Scottish/Celtic Subject Matter

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It's Monday already??! Pansy and I just can't fathom WHERE the weekend went?? Wishing you a great week!
~ jan
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Graceful, solid stone buildings in a student section of Glasgow's West End. Could have sat there for hours working on the detail!
Do you prefer wood or stone architecture?
~ Jan
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An old lock and hasp on a painted yellow door - weathered by the salt air in Montrose on Scotland's NE coast. So fun to squint and try to determine the not-so-obvious colours of things! I regularly see a variety of colours in grays . . . do you?
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Gorgeous autumn crocus . . . more confirmation that autumn is here!
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A favourite bookshop in Scotland . . . Leaky's Books in Inverness. A wee view from upstairs in the old (circa 1793) Gaelic Church on, Church Street near the heart of the town.
~ Jan
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Aye indeed . . . national coffee day . . . whatever next?! Can't pass up the opportunity to share a velvety Cappu in my favourite wee tea/coffee shop in Inverness, Scotland: the cafe that was to be found up the winding stairs in Leakey's wonderful Bookshop!

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A lovely late summer day on the Black Isle, north Scotland. Note the gray skies and still-green fields . . . definitely Scotland! The lovely church was used as a wonderful art gallery when I was there - hoping it's yet being maintained.
~ Jan
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"Fisher at Dusk" 18" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas
The wee fishing village of Gourdon on Scotland's NE coast has been a great source of inspiration for me - just the right combination of light, salt air and old boats and buildings.
~ Jan
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North central Washington oil study .... really beautiful soft colours in the rough terrain. I'd love to make some time to just wander there and paint . . . such beauty all around! - Private Collection
~ Jan
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Chimneypots in Inverness. Something to add character to any structure, especially when graced by a gull or bucket :)) Just another of the many features of the UK landscape that I enjoy spotting when exploring!

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charcoal sketch of a familiar sight in Edinburgh: footings of the Castle high atop Castle Rock in the distance with a bit of ornate and spooky kirkyard of St. Cuthbert's Cathedral in foreground. An interesting project of a watercolour! On my website, https://t.co/CIYLAvWjMa

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Happy Monday! I think an art studio needs a few fluffballs parading around the grounds, and making funny clucking noises all day! It's so pleasant to have the girls' company - and the fresh eggs are a great side benefit!

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I couldn't agree more! Are you looking forward to the change in the seasons?
~ Jan
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A lovely backdrop of #fireweed and #gorse give some #colour to this #traditional scene of drying #fishnets in Cowie just up the beach from Stonehaven in NE Scotland. I can just feel the nip in the air! Does it feel like #autumn where you are?

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The Plough Inn, Rosemarkie, Scotland

Pronounced 'plew,' this lovely establishment on the Black Isle across the bridge from Inverness is a former drovers' & travellers' inn, dating from the 17th century.

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Shetland Musical Seascape!

As part of an exhibition celebrating Shetland music and culture quite a number of years back, Bonhoga Gallery in Weisdale, Shetland commissioned 60 instruments to be decorated by local artists . . . don't ask me HOW, as an outlander-what a privilege!!

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The Sea!!

Looking at this painting makes me feel ten degrees cooler (it's near 100 in North Idaho today). Would't mind sitting on those rocks again feeling a bit of salt spray on the skin!

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I seldom get a chance to finish a sketch, and this is no exception, but it gives enough of of a rough idea to get a painting going. Such a shame that this once impressive structure above the Beauly Firth on the Black Isle in northern Scotland is crumbling ...

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What's your first impression here .... a weird cocoa puff sculpture in a tree??
It's actually a H U G E swarm of honeybees in one of my big pine trees. Interesting that they swarmed just before the incredible heat wave we're experiencing hit.
Fascinating to watch ....

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Ahhh . . . summer in Stonehaven, Scotland! I'm here in North Idaho, experiencing 100+ F weather . . . looking at photos of past wanderings helps to keep cool!! That was certainly a lovely day to be just about anywhere by the sea!