"A Fifie Taking in Sail" - watercolour - 18 x 26 cm
In
the days of sail, when boats were built locally, each part of the
British Isles had its own traditional design. I don't know much about
boats but I doubt whether modern vessels have so much local
character. One of the most common boats on the East Coast of Scotland
was the “Fifie”, a sturdy wooden vessel with a long, broad hull
and two masts.
It
occurred to me that my mother would have been pleased to see these
paintings. She used to paint seascapes in oils, under the name of
Mary Lowe. She loved the Dutch seascape and landscape paintings of
the 17th Century and she worked in a similar style.
"Fishing Boats in a Harbour Mouth" by Mary Lowe - oil - 18 x 26 cm
