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Stuart Buchanan

Contemporary ART from Scotland 2026

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Landscape & Figurative Paintings from Outside & Inside the Watchie Studio in Catterline - the Kincardineshire coast Aberdeenshire - the North East of Scotland

It is no surprise to hear that Stuart Buchanan is not the only artist to be inspired by the views from his studio The Watchie. This small fisherman's cottage was previously home to *Joan Eardley R.S.A. 1921-1963 - One of Scotland’s most important artist of the 20th Century*. Like Stuart Buchanan she studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield House. Both artists discovered there is great creative energy in this remote corner of Scotland.

‘Catterline is an old fishing village South of Aberdeen perched high above a horseshoe bay, overlooking the North Sea. With it’s rugged rather than picturesque beauty, the attraction for artists is obvious. In fact renowned artists have been coming here since the 1950s. In that time the ‘Watchie’ a 200 year old customs and excise house, has been used as a studio, hosting almost seventy years of continous creative practice. It is off-road and off grid, contemplative and quiet, unless it’s stormy, as it sits out on a headland just north of the village.

Prior to settling here, I’d been coming to Catterline to visit and stay with relatives since I was a teenager and perhaps I had always wanted to come and live here. Many years later and I have been painting in the ‘Watchie’ now for twelve years, after relocating from Glasgow to undertake a two year artist residency in Aberdeen in 2006.

There was a shift in my painting practice about four years when the need for a more direct, expressive and painterly approach to my work was resolved by dragging the easel and the palette out of the studio and painting literally what was on my doorstep. This need has been growing in me for a long time, but l resisted for numerous reasons, not least because I had a succesful and identifiable body of work that was widely exhibited, and other notable artists had made paintings of Catterline their subject. But I am in Catterline and Catterline is where and what I want to paint. The results have been a much more rewarding process for me. I feel renewed energy and urgency and the paintings have become more about the moment, the seasons and most of all, about the paint.’ Stuart Buchanan

Joan Eardley* British, 1921-1963. Joan Eardley discovered Catterline, a fishing village, in 1951. Finding much inspiration. She worked on the shore braced against the elements.

Review: ‘The Modern Artists Gallery currently has a captivating exhibition showing the work of Scottish Artist, Stuart Buchanan. We often overlook the most beautiful under our noses because of its ordinary/ness. What can be more ordinary than the view from our house?   Buchanan has created a series of paintings of the view from outside his studio ‘The Watchie’ of the village of Catterline, that show an intimacy of observation and enjoyment in the use of paint that I have not seen in his work before. The subtle changes of colour according to the times of the day, the bold brushstrokes to denote clouds, trees and cottages, even the tiny details of red oxide used on Scottish barns and outbuildings. Stuart Buchanan has not only taken a major side step but a brave stride away from his usual and familiar trademark style.  For me it's courageous and lyrical, a stride in the right direction.” Gaila Adair. Artist, Author (West Sussex Ramblers) Landscape Designer, Master of Science (MSc) Conservation of Historic Gardens & Cultural Landscapes.

Stuart Buchanan Biography

1992 Glasgow School of Art, Drawing & Painting

1991 Summer Scholarship, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath

1998 Artist in Residence, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath

2003 Founded Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow

2004 Inaugural Artist Residency, The Watchhouse Studio, Catterline

2004 The Boys Next Door * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire

2006/08pARTners Artist in Residence, Aberdeen

2007 Two Scottish Painters and One Other * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire

2009 Under the Moon * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire

2011 Oil and Water * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire
2012 Hinterland, Wall Projects, Montrose
2013 We all need to feel loved * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire

2013 Poetics, Wall Projects, Montrose
2014 Paintings from the Watchie, Wall Projects, Montrose
2015 Message in a Bottle * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire
2016 Adrift, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 Landfall * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire
2020 Close interaction, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay

2020/22/23 Catterline Revisited * Modern Artists Gallery Oxfordshire

Red Sea Blues   Oil on Board  16x14inches  £1,450
Red Sea Blues   Oil on Board  16x14inches  £1,450

Red Sea Blues Oil on Board 16x14inches £1,450

Red Sky in the Morning   Oil on Board   14x12inches   £1,050

Red Sky in the Morning Oil on Board 14x12inches £1,050

Blue Riders  Oil on Board  18x18inches  £1,950.

Blue Riders Oil on Board 18x18inches £1,950.

Wanderers  oil on hessian  16x14inches £1,050

Wanderers oil on hessian 16x14inches £1,050

Dusk  (Blue Riders) OIl on Board  14x12inches   £1,050

Dusk (Blue Riders) OIl on Board 14x12inches £1,050

Afterglow  oil on board  14x12inches  £1,050

Afterglow oil on board 14x12inches £1,050

Aquamarine  Oil on Hessian  16x14 inches   £1,450

Aquamarine Oil on Hessian 16x14 inches £1,450

Under the Moon    Oil on Board  8x14inches  £995

Under the Moon Oil on Board 8x14inches £995

Adrift    Oil on Lead Panel  17x16inches  £650

Adrift Oil on Lead Panel 17x16inches £650

Foghorn  Oil on hessian 37 x 61cm  Frame Colour:Farrow & Ball Estate Cream   £1600.

Foghorn Oil on hessian 37 x 61cm Frame Colour:Farrow & Ball Estate Cream £1600.


Smoke Rings  Oil on board  15.5x19in   Framed size: 22x26in  £1600.

Smoke Rings Oil on board 15.5x19in Framed size: 22x26in £1600.




Moon Beams  £3,000  Oil on hessian  100x80cm - Framed size:

Moon Beams £3,000 Oil on hessian 100x80cm - Framed size:

Night Owls - £1750 - Oil on canvas-99x15ins. - Framed size: 26x22.5ins

Night Owls - £1750 - Oil on canvas-99x15ins. - Framed size: 26x22.5ins

Frame colour: Farrow & Ball Estate Cream

Archer  Oil on board 14.5 x 11 in. Framed size: 23 x 19in. £1050

Archer Oil on board 14.5 x 11 in. Framed size: 23 x 19in. £1050




 SMOKE RINGS - FRAMED

SMOKE RINGS - FRAMED

The Watchie Garden Catterline  Oil on hessian  52x56cm

The Watchie Garden Catterline Oil on hessian 52x56cm

Once home and studio to Joan Eardley. Now the studio of Stuart Buchanan - £1,750.

Perch II   Oil on board  48x36 in. Frame size:  Frame colour: Farrow & Ball Estate Cream. £4500

Perch II Oil on board 48x36 in. Frame size: Frame colour: Farrow & Ball Estate Cream. £4500




Cacti - Oil on board ard  21x10in /Framed: 28x17 in.Colour: Farrow & Ball- Estate Cream

Cacti - Oil on board ard 21x10in /Framed: 28x17 in.Colour: Farrow & Ball- Estate Cream

 Moonwalk - 36x48ins. Gallery image. Frame colour:  Farrow & Ball  Estate Cream

Moonwalk - 36x48ins. Gallery image. Frame colour: Farrow & Ball Estate Cream

Private Collection

Four paintings of Catterline and Paul Wright   ‘Monets Pond’

Four paintings of Catterline and Paul Wright ‘Monets Pond’

Gallery image:  Stuart Buchanan & Alice Cescatti Paintings  2021

Gallery image: Stuart Buchanan & Alice Cescatti Paintings 2021

 The Flying Scotsman 2011 - Private Collection

The Flying Scotsman 2011 - Private Collection

A fine painting.

 The Great Tay Whale - Oil on canvas -28x48ins.  Private Collection

The Great Tay Whale - Oil on canvas -28x48ins. Private Collection

To the Watchie, Catterline

To the Watchie, Catterline

Oil on board 18x22 inches

Private collection

Roost  - Private Collection

Roost - Private Collection

Roost returns to Private Collection in Catterline

Featuring Stuart Buchanan

Featuring Stuart Buchanan

Gallery Image

 Private collection

Private collection

Landscapes of Catterline

Landscapes of Catterline

Catterline at the Modern Artists Gallery Whitchurch on Thames Oxon England.

Ian Gibson looking upwards.

Ian Gibson looking upwards.

Gallery image in memory of Ian Gibson

Stuart Buchanan with Patron Jacqueline Whitty

Stuart Buchanan with Patron Jacqueline Whitty

Exhibition  -  Works on Water 2011

Exhibition - Works on Water 2011

Another great exhibition feauring the work of Stuart Buchanan

Invitation image

Invitation image

A Unique Blend of Oil on Water

Invitation Created by Peter Watson for Modern Artists Gallery

 Exhibition Poster  Modern Artists Gallery

Exhibition Poster Modern Artists Gallery

Post for the Stuart Buchanan Exhibition

  Stuart Buchanan Exhibition  -  Message in a Bottle  2015

Stuart Buchanan Exhibition - Message in a Bottle 2015

Image: Stuart Buchanan Adrift oil on board 6x12 inches/sold

TWO SCOTTISH PAINTERS AND ONE OTHER  2007

TWO SCOTTISH PAINTERS AND ONE OTHER 2007

Stuart Buchanan Frank To Lucy Orchard

Image: Trio Oil on Canvas 92x81cm / sold

Stuart Buchanan  - 2004 Exhibition

Stuart Buchanan - 2004 Exhibition

The New Buchanan Exhibition Lands  26th May 2019

The New Buchanan Exhibition Lands 26th May 2019

STUART BUCHANAN EXHIBITION MAY 2019

Catterline Revisited July - September 2020

Catterline Revisited July - September 2020

Stuart Buchanan Catterline Revisited 2020 Exhibition Curated by Peter Watson. Invitation Created by Peter Watson.

Postponed during lockdown - Some works still available in gallery

 We All Neeed to Feel Love Exhibition Stuart Buchanan 2013

We All Neeed to Feel Love Exhibition Stuart Buchanan 2013

Exhibition Invitation Card

ARCHIVE  STUART BUCHANAN - HOME - CATTERLINE -  SOLD

ARCHIVE STUART BUCHANAN - HOME - CATTERLINE - SOLD

Special

Stuart Buchanan Archive - sold

Stuart Buchanan Archive - sold

Stuart Buchanan - Archive - sold

Stuart Buchanan - Archive - sold

LEVIATHAN - ARCHIVE IMAGE SOLD

LEVIATHAN - ARCHIVE IMAGE SOLD

AFRO QUEEN - FRAMED - Sold

AFRO QUEEN - FRAMED - Sold

Sleep Walking   Oil on canvas   39x45cm   unframed.

Sleep Walking Oil on canvas 39x45cm unframed.

Fom the private collection of our client. Original frame available. £1,050.

Stuart Buchanan - 2004 Exhibition  Archive   Boys Next Door  oil on canvas 100x59cm /Sold

Stuart Buchanan - 2004 Exhibition Archive Boys Next Door oil on canvas 100x59cm /Sold

Gallery image featuring Moonwalk - (right of the clock)

Gallery image featuring Moonwalk - (right of the clock)

Angela Smith, Paul Wright, Kate Kessling, Stuart Buchanan, Frances Goddard

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Red Sea Blues   Oil on Board  16x14inches  £1,450
Red Sky in the Morning   Oil on Board   14x12inches   £1,050
Blue Riders  Oil on Board  18x18inches  £1,950.
Wanderers  oil on hessian  16x14inches £1,050
Dusk  (Blue Riders) OIl on Board  14x12inches   £1,050
Afterglow  oil on board  14x12inches  £1,050
Aquamarine  Oil on Hessian  16x14 inches   £1,450
Under the Moon    Oil on Board  8x14inches  £995
Adrift    Oil on Lead Panel  17x16inches  £650
Foghorn  Oil on hessian 37 x 61cm  Frame Colour:Farrow & Ball Estate Cream   £1600.
Smoke Rings  Oil on board  15.5x19in   Framed size: 22x26in  £1600.
Moon Beams  £3,000  Oil on hessian  100x80cm - Framed size:
Night Owls - £1750 - Oil on canvas-99x15ins. - Framed size: 26x22.5ins
Archer  Oil on board 14.5 x 11 in. Framed size: 23 x 19in. £1050
 SMOKE RINGS - FRAMED
The Watchie Garden Catterline  Oil on hessian  52x56cm
Perch II   Oil on board  48x36 in. Frame size:  Frame colour: Farrow & Ball Estate Cream. £4500
Cacti - Oil on board ard  21x10in /Framed: 28x17 in.Colour: Farrow & Ball- Estate Cream
 Moonwalk - 36x48ins. Gallery image. Frame colour:  Farrow & Ball  Estate Cream
Four paintings of Catterline and Paul Wright   ‘Monets Pond’
Gallery image:  Stuart Buchanan & Alice Cescatti Paintings  2021
 The Flying Scotsman 2011 - Private Collection
 The Great Tay Whale - Oil on canvas -28x48ins.  Private Collection
To the Watchie, Catterline
Roost  - Private Collection
Featuring Stuart Buchanan
 Private collection
Landscapes of Catterline
Ian Gibson looking upwards.
Stuart Buchanan with Patron Jacqueline Whitty
Exhibition  -  Works on Water 2011
Invitation image
 Exhibition Poster  Modern Artists Gallery
  Stuart Buchanan Exhibition  -  Message in a Bottle  2015
TWO SCOTTISH PAINTERS AND ONE OTHER  2007
Stuart Buchanan  - 2004 Exhibition
The New Buchanan Exhibition Lands  26th May 2019
Catterline Revisited July - September 2020
 We All Neeed to Feel Love Exhibition Stuart Buchanan 2013
ARCHIVE  STUART BUCHANAN - HOME - CATTERLINE -  SOLD
Stuart Buchanan Archive - sold
Stuart Buchanan - Archive - sold
LEVIATHAN - ARCHIVE IMAGE SOLD
AFRO QUEEN - FRAMED - Sold
Sleep Walking   Oil on canvas   39x45cm   unframed.
Stuart Buchanan - 2004 Exhibition  Archive   Boys Next Door  oil on canvas 100x59cm /Sold
Gallery image featuring Moonwalk - (right of the clock)

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