Sand Corridors - Iona

Original acrylic on canvas by David Page. 

This painting is one of David's new 2026 collection, Grit and Grace: Iona. 

Each painting in The Last Munro exhibition is accompanied by a limited edition, large-format book, featuring the full collection and David's insightful personal notes.

ARTISTS DESCRIPTION:

The north end of the island is characterised by sharply delineated rock formations that create narrow passages and glimpses down to the sea. Unlike the gullies to the west and south, these corridors are filled with sand, and the ebb and flow of the waves continually reshape the scene.

Writing to S. J. Peploe in July 1932, Cadell observed:

“...that sand is now piled quite high up in the ‘corridors’ and the cliffs have in consequence lost their false majesty beloved by the designer of the B. and M. tombstone”.

Underneath this layer of painted sand the rocks do descend down into Cadell's lost cliffs.

Want to learn more about the collection? Read David's full artist statement here.