Scottish Art - Paintings of Scotland:
Glenluce Abbey Window
by D. Bruce Bennett
Glenluce Abbey Chapter House Window
Well, yes. We are stretching it a bit to include a stained glass window in our "landscapes" section. But it's part of an abbey, and abbeys are part of landscapes. So there. Anyway, it's lovely, isn't it? Vignetted stone masonry shows off beautiful stone window tracery outlining cornflower blue stained glass. It's a simply elegant picture of Scotland, and it's one of the windows of the carefully restored chapter house of Glenluce Abbey, rebuilt around 1500 and restored in the 1900s.
(Click for larger view of Glenluce Abbey Chapter House Window.)
Located in the river plain of the Water of Luce, just two miles from Glenluce village in Dumfries and Galloway, Glenluce Abbey was founded in 1190/2 as a Cistercian abbey. Its history has almost completely vanished into obscurity, so we can't tell you much about this tracery, other than what you can see. It's obviously the work of gifted craftsmen. (No more than 15 monks would have lived, worked, and worshipped in the abbey at any given time.)
This original artwork, painted with acrylics in watercolor style, would be a lovely addition to any room with a clear blue color scheme or accent. Mat and frame this picture of Scotland to your own specs, then sit back and enjoy the tranquility this Glenluce Abbey window reflects from its tranquil surroundings in the southeastern tip of Scotland.
Glenluce Abbey Chapter House Window
Picture of Scotland
Medium: acrylic on 300#, cold-pressed watercolor paper
Image Dimensions: 14" w. x 17" h.
Mat: none
Glass: none
Frame: none
(This painting of Glenluce Abbey Chapter House Window SOLD in November 2006, but you could commission a similar version of this abbey window.)
Please note that all Paintings of Scotland (and Paintings of England, too) on this site are the original artwork of U.S. artist, D. Bruce Bennett. United States customers pay no U.K. exchange rate, no customs duty tax, and no international mailing costs. All we have to add to the very reasonable price of our Scottish Art is plain old U.S. postage (and state tax for Colorado residents).
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