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From her studio on the beautiful Isle of Skye, Scottish artist Janet Soutar set up this site in an endeavour to promote her paintings of the Skye and Lochalsh Area. The inspirational landscapes which surround her home on the Isle of Skye and her experience of sailing the west coast of Scotland are frequent influential themes in her paintings, which, above all, convey a strong sense of time, place and mood to the viewer
Janet says of herself "I paint because I find the world we live in, fascinating and extraordinary. I have an endless quest to search for the essence of what I see and to describe that vision using my skill as a painter."
On the Isle of Skye you are never more than five miles from the sea.
Melancholy House, Rodel.
Stiff and cold like an old tramp
On a winters day
Seeming to sway with the effort
Of standing and the knowledge
Of not belonging.
Pockmarked and pitted
By poverty and neglect....
Infested with all manner
Of parasites and moulds
Supping on your solitude.
Janet Soutar ©
Balcraggie
Have you heard of a house?
Balcraggie is its name
It sits among trees in Glenelg
Where the otters live
Of brightwater fame
And the little ferry Glenahulish
Darts back and forth
O'er Kylerhea Narrows
Amongst breathtaking beauty
And wildlife rich in diversity
To the delight of its passengers
Even in the rain.
Anyway to go back to Balcraggie
Donna and Eddie, good people, live there
Along with their son Callum,
A tall lad, full of promise.
At the heart of this house is the kitchen
The atmosphere rich in tolerance
Gentleness and love paper the walls with photographs
And lining the shelves
Are many mementoes
Of journeys into the wilder world
And where the occasional empty wine bottle
Notes music and pleasurable chatter
In the corner a kitchen range
Warms the atmosphere ‘round table and chairs,
From her cooker delicious country lunches,
Are produced by Donna
To be fed to family and friends
And the occasional underdog
Served with dollops of wisdom
And lashings of kindness
As Eddie tells jokes and classical stories
Along with a roll up, he pours the wine
Janet Soutar ©