Colour of the Cairngorms is a painting made from swatches of handmade natural pigments, made through a mixture of lake pigmentation reactions and ground material, which is then mixed with a binder to make watercolour paint, made from the plants, lichens and minerals that call the Cairngorms home. Each sample has a small comment on what it is, how it was processed and a comment to where the material was gathered from.
Runner up in the 2025 Creatives Flash Visual Art Contest, kindly supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the Highland Bookshop.