It’s not so much
a “Cottage” as a
“Wendy-house Industry”
I started Viewpoints in October, 2000, after returning from many years of hot and people-intensive work in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. To live once more beside the Kyle of Tongue and to paint the beauty and the incredible light of this area was perfect therapy. I wanted to share my love of this remote place with others, especially those caught up in the rat-race that drives so much of modern life, and to help people see the beauty and hope there is in even the most unlikely situations.
With this in mind, a great deal of thought goes into the text associated with each painting. The words attempt to give a brief introduction to the subject of the picture, and say something that I hope will be encouraging and thought-provoking. The words are written from a Christian viewpoint, but are based on values that I hope are shared by all who believe there is more to this life than the merely material.
I include maps, where possible, partly because I love maps, but mainly to help you to find the places I paint for yourself. If you take the trouble to do this, you will discover that, although my paintings are usually realistic, they are not photographic. Sometimes I move trees (and even mountains!) and combine slightly different viewpoints to better convey the essence of the scene I am painting.
I work in a tiny studio at Rhitongue - and each stage of every project (from the original painting through the scanning, printing, mounting, folding, laminating, etc, to the final packaging) is done by my own increasingly less fair hands.
Rhitongue and
the Kyle of Tongue
- All graphics and text, Copyright: Stuart Mingham, 2006 -
For more information on other aspects of the Far North of Mainland Scotland,
please check out the links below:
www.syha.org.uk (There are Youth Hostels at Tongue and Durness, and the largest youth hostel in Europe is Carbisdale Castle, just 45 miles south of Tongue at Invershin - well worth a visit!).
Gaiawatch (a website concerned with climate and population control, with many links to other similar sites):
www.gaiawatch.co.uk
Mark Edwards at the Stable Studio in Tongue - oils and acrylics of Highland landscapes, stalking scenes, and much more:
www.stablestudio.com
How to contact Viewpoints:
Write to me, Stuart Mingham, at: 120 Rhitongue, Tongue by Lairg,
Sutherland, IV27 4XW, Scotland.
Telephone me on: 01847-611377 (from overseas: 00-44-1847-611377)
E-mail me at:
(Sorry there is no direct e-mail link opening from this site, but I don’t want
to get flooded with SPAM any more than I am already!)
Mike Roper at Borgie - photographer of landscapes & people, from
traditional to imaginative, but all very good:
www.mikebrookesroper.co.uk
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