An Afternoon In St Andrews
by Lois Bryan
Title
An Afternoon In St Andrews
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
Honored that "An Afternoon In St Andrews" tied for third place in the 2/3/22 contest "Scotland" held by the Best of British group. Many thanks to the contest administrator, Michaela Perryman, and everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!
Pictured is a quiet street in beautiful, historic St Andrews, Scotland. The original photograph was captured by my son, Rich Bryan, during his semester abroad in 2012, and edited by myself. (By the way, this is a re-work of a recent upload, since deleted.) As you view the image, you are standing on S Castle Street, looking up at the intersection of Market Street.
The town of St Andrews is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. There has been an important church in St Andrews since at least the 8th century, and a bishopric since at least the 11th century. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrews cathedral with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness burn to the south. The burgh soon became the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, a position which was held until the Scottish Reformation. The famous cathedral, the largest in Scotland, now lies in ruins.
St Andrews is also known worldwide as the "home of golf". This is in part because the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, founded in 1754, exercises legislative authority over the game worldwide (except in the United States and Mexico), and also because the famous links (acquired by the town in 1894) is the most frequent venue for The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's four major championships. Visitors from all over the world travel to St Andrews in great numbers for several courses ranked amongst the finest in the world, as well as for the sandy beaches.
The University of St Andrews, where Prince William and Kate Middleton met and fell in love, is the the oldest in Scotland, and dates back to 1410.
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Michaela Perryman
I like the feeling of warmth in this painting Lois
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks so much, Michaela! My son studied in Edinburgh for a semester a while back. He and his friends went all over ... thoughout Scotland, into England and over onto the continent a little bit too. What an adventure!!! And I get to play with the photos he took!!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest CITYSCAPES
John R Williams
. I have played there as something I really wanted to do in life, a goal for many years The town and people were the best part of the of the time there. You have described it perfectly as usual, the image is outrageous.
Meg Shearer
This is gorgeous Lois! I love the tones and your technique, and the beautiful scene! l/f!
Michael Mirijan
This wonderful picture is featured on the homepage of the "Pictures for Present" group.
Tatiana Travelways
Revisiting... I really like your picture :) - I invite you to share it in the "Street Scenes Photography" weekly challenge at the TRAVEL ART group!
Pamela Williams
What a fine piece of artwork and I am happy to announce that this beauty has been featured on the streets of the Art District group. Congratulations for this accomplishment!
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations Lois! Your beautiful artwork has been featured on the home page of TRAVEL ART group at Fine Art America :) Please archive your feature in the discussions section of this group, and add it to the specific Travel Art gallery:)
Lois Bryan replied:
This is fabulous news, Tatiana ... thank you very much ... I truly appreciate the honor and will tweet the group!! : ))
Lisa Kaiser
Gosh, I wonder how many times I've been inspired by this work?! I so love where you took this work.
Lois Bryan replied:
Lisa, I'm honored ... you know how much I admire your work ... thank you, thank you!!!
Bob Christopher
Hi Lois... I like your image. This is a wonderful street scene. I love your rendering here...Very appropriate...Cheers Bob fv
Liesl Walsh
I love the colors in this, the variety and blending of them all, and how you've balanced softness with clarity. Gorgeous scene! l/f
Colleen Taylor
This is one of the most outstanding pieces you've done Lois! The European feeling of these buildings and that quaint narrow streets make me long to be there. The blending of these colors is breathtaking!
Lois Bryan replied:
Colleen, thank you so much .. this is one of the image Rich took when he was in Edinburgh ... glad you enjoyed my tinkering with it!!
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