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I saw his painting and heard its music
The musician and composter Stephanie Legg talks about the inspiration she found at the age of 14, in a Bellany painting.
A Scottish Odyssey
Look around you at John Bellany’s Paintings on Exhibition here (Aschaffenburg, Germany). The first impact is vivid and immediate. Colour, rapid execution, informal composition reveal that these are plainly emotional pictures, that they were painted under pressure of strong feeling. And then as you look further you begin to get a sense of narrative, too….