Light Fantastic ; Winifred Nicholson Was Producing Her Luminous Still Lifes and Landscapes into Her Eighties, and Found Particular Inspiration in the Hebrides. A New Exhibition of Her Paintings in Edinburgh Conveys Their Magical Quality, Says SUE HUBBARD

Hubbard, Sue, The Independent (London, England)

"This is the place after my heart. I wonder if you would like it. Not a tree, not a bush. But grey boulders, grey rocks, grey stones, grey mountains. And bog in between... White glistening beaches and transparent sea all the way across to Eriskay... The [McInnes] family consists of a father and mother crofters... everyone sings, everyone talks Gaelic... There are 2 collies 3 puppies 2 black cats 4 cows 3 calves, innumerable hens and cocks and chickens and the point is to try to keep them out of the cottage - Peat fire, water carried from a well, everything as primitive as you want," wrote the painter, Winifred Nicholson to her son Jake, on the occasion of one of her visits to …

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Publication information: Article title: Light Fantastic ; Winifred Nicholson Was Producing Her Luminous Still Lifes and Landscapes into Her Eighties, and Found Particular Inspiration in the Hebrides. A New Exhibition of Her Paintings in Edinburgh Conveys Their Magical Quality, Says SUE HUBBARD. Contributors: Hubbard, Sue - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: August 26, 2003. Page number: 14,15. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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