Sunset, River Etive and Buachaille Etive Mor by Peter Symonds

Medium: Oil
Dimensions: 56 x 30 cm (22 x 12 in)

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Peter Symonds is a leading UK landscape artist specialising in painting mountain and coastal subjects, both in Britain and abroad. Describing this painting, he writes: "Buchaille Etive Mor is undoubtedly the most iconically shaped mountain in Scotland, and has been a rich source of inspiration to me over many years. This is the first time, however, that I have painted it from the banks of the River Etive, a few hundred metres from the remote Kingshouse Hotel. It had been a glorious, late spring day, and despite a long walk in the hills I was glad to spend the final hour of daylight making studies of this most shapely of hills."

About the Artist

Peter was born in 1964 and started painting professionally following his graduation from Leicester University.

Working exclusively in oils on canvas, he is most closely identified with scenes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. As a keen traveller, his desire to paint wild, remote places has taken him to some of the most beautiful parts of the world. However, he is quick to admit that no location holds the same attraction as the stunning Scottish landscape that he so loves to paint. In his quest to find new subjects, he is never happier than when, with a laden rucksack, he heads out into the hills.