by allan j. robertson
Oil on Canvas
h: 107 w: 107 d: 4 (cms).
This oil painting depicts the bridge linking the islands of Benbecula and South Uist. The bridge was a precast concrete section construction when first built (1942) but is now a granite rock causeway. Dark storm clouds are moving fast across the sky, the sun bright on the horizon, after a summer squall.
The water below the bridge changes colours due to the shadows and reflections of the clouds. Purples, greens and ochre spring into sight from the every changing waves and moving clouds.
by allan j. robertson
Oil on Canvas
h: 153 w: 121 d: 3 (cms).
This oil painting explores the contrast between the expanse of sky and the darkening oppressive clouds, capturing a change in the weather as the title of the piece suggests. The clouds take up four fifths of the painting and are formed by translucent orange underbellies and white edges, with long vapour and water trails hanging from the underside.
The lower part of the painting shows the horizon and a body of water. The water mirrors the sky, reflecting the ultramarine, orange and yellow, of the clouds above in the water below.
A track of poles running from the right hand side of the painting curves to the centre of the horizon.