John Wetten Brown is a restoration architect who
has now graduated to art. From restoring Scotland's ancient
monuments he is now painting some of Scotland's most interesting
treasures. His subjects range from historic fishing villages
like Crail and Pittenweem, to the landscapes of Skye, Mull and
Sutherland with great sweeps of mountain, moorland, sky and
sheep.
John has had a life long interest in drawing
and painting and has followed his love of Scottish landscape and
architecture seeing them with informed and fresh eyes. Here is a
broad spectrum of subjects, from wild mountain scenery to quaint
fishing harbours, and, from the the title of a recent solo
exhibition, 'From Crow Steps to Highland Coos'.
The style of the paintings is bright and
perspectively challenged. This may be a reaction against drawing
straight lines on a drawing board, judge for yourself. This
image is typical of the artist's highly personal style of
painting scenes of his native land.
