Rose Strang Artworks

Above: Eilean Calbha from Iona. Mixed media on 30×30″ wood panel. Rose Strang 2026 It’s said that Hebridean sailors and fishermen refused to go to sea without a green stone in their pocket. They believed the sea would never drown someone carrying a piece. On Iona there are two types of green stone. There’s the […]

Above: Tràigh an t-Suidhe (Shore of the Seat) Iona. Mixed media on 16×16″ wood. Rose Strang 2026 There’s something so compelling about wave watching. It’s as though each successive wave corresponds to your own heartbeat. To me there’s nothing more meditative. So it’s fitting that Tràigh an t-Suidhe (pronounced tray an too-yeh) means Shore of the […]

Above: Tràigh Bàn nam Manach (white beach of the monks). Mixed media on 16×16″ wood. Rose Strang 2026 You know this view very well if you’ve walked the beaches of Iona. And what a lovely, poetic name the beach has: Tràigh Bàn nam Manach (pronounced trree baan nam manach). Trill the the ‘r’ like you’re lightly […]

Above: Caol Ì (The Sound of Iona). Mixed media on 16×16″ wood. Rose Strang 2026. I’ve always found the name of the narrow channel of water between Iona and Mull poetic: The Sound of Iona, or in Scottish Gaelic, Caol Ì. Pronounced ‘Cuhl’ like the ‘u’ in ‘numb’. If you want to get fussy, the […]

Above: Bac Mòr from Iona. Mixed media on 16×16″ wood. Rose Strang 2026. Here’s a video of it being painted …   A zoomable version of the painting below, and some details … This painting was created half in situ on the north beack of Iona, and half in the studio. It was quite challenging […]