Scottish adventures

Galloway-based Lucy Hadley’s love of the Scottish outdoors has inspired her exhibition at Thomas Tosh in Thornhill, which starts Friday 14th July and runs until Sunday 3rd September. Lucy has created images from oil rigs up in the Cromarty Firth, to the Southerness lighthouse down here on the Solway Coast. “I just love being outside and exploring new places. I always have my camera and sketch pad with me.” Lucy combines line drawing, inking and computer technology to produce high quality prints inspired by her Scottish adventures. Some settings are directly recognisable, while other scenes are more interpretative. “Some images are straight from my sketchbook; so you’d recognise Crail in the North East if you’d been there. While if you go to Bruichladdich on Islay on the west coast, you’d spot a wee pier. It won’t look exactly like the pier in my illustration, but there are similarities. It’s just I’ve added my own personality.” Lucy, whose love of all things outdoors also extends to her work as a ranger at Galloway Forest, will be exhibiting some of her favourite works and will also be launching limited edition prints for the first time. “These new limited editions are inspired by walks I have enjoyed in the Durisdeer area near Thornhill and I hope to add to this collection during my six week exhibition at Thomas Tosh.