Portrait of a Scottish Officer Gold Silver & Bronze The restlessness of lockdown

The restlessness of lockdown

'DISCO DORIS' embossed on Doris' rear

Graham’s artwork for The Evil Dead films was incredible

His work is sometimes associated with the Glasgow Boys and their circle - indeed

have made a lasting and indelible mark on me

Portrait of a Scottish Officer Gold Silver & Bronze The restlessness of lockdownThis rather haunted portrait of an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is likely to have been painted on a return visit from Poland. Signed and dated 1915, this man must have already experienced the senseless attrition of trench warfare. It is a small scale canvas and although the sitter is in uniform it has an informality about it that suggests a window of opportunity grasped. Perhaps he is about to go back to the front and his wife,