GEORGE HOUSTON RSA RSW (SCOTTISH 1869 - 1947), GARRON BRIDGE, INVERARY

watercolour on paper, signed mounted, framed and under glass image size 41cm x 56cm, overall size 62cm x 77cm Note: Like most painters, Houston favoured various fairly standard sizes of canvas with his standard "large" being 70 x 90cm (or the imperial equivalent). George Houston was born in Dalry, Ayrshire. He was a prolific artist in both oils and watercolours. He specialized in the landscapes of Ayrshire and Argyll and his exceptional talent lay in creating the atmosphere, climatic conditions and season of each scene. He sometimes worked on a large scale but unlike many artists, the quality of his work remained constant. His style was not influenced by modernist trends and is best described as "late Impressionism". Houston achieved substantial commercial success, which funded a comfortable lifestyle for his ever growing family. He received widespread critical acclaim and was admired by his contemporaries for the apparent ease with which he painted. He only started painting professionally in his late thirties but "quality" came naturally to him as it usually does for truly "gifted" painters. Houston loved fishing and he loved country life. This love of the natural environment has always been (and remains) clear and obvious to the many who appreciate his paintings.