That Bigger Painting

One of my New Year resolutions was to do some bigger paintings. This, admittedly is not huge, it's only A5. (For anyone who doesn't know paper sizes, that's half as big as A4. A3 is twice as big as A4 and so-on...) Here is a useful link if this interests you.

I was attracted to the lovely St James on the top of Holburn Street partly because it is in my usual stomping ground and mostly because it is pink! Pink granite is especially lovely when everything is so grey. The church has also just been cleaned so looks especially good.

I visited the inside on Doors Open Day. Being an Episcopal church it has gorgeous architecture and stunning stained glass and interiors. Many Scottish churches are deliberately plain and dour, which is disappointing for the building enthusiast. If you get the chance to go in, do. More information about the church on their website.

And yes, it should have a tower and spire, but that never happened due to an acrimonious and complex religious and legal problem which absorbed all the church funds for many years. Sadly I can't remember the ins and outs of it, but hopefully someone else might...