Nael Hanna
Fishing Boats, Fife
| price | £ 8000 |
|---|---|
| type | Oil |
| size | 40 x 40 inches |
| location | Stow on the Wold 01451 832563 |
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Fishing Boats, Fife is a striking contribution to the tradition of Scottish art, capturing the rugged character and atmospheric drama of the east coast. Nael Hanna’s expressionist style—defined Read more
by thick impasto, sweeping gestures, and elemental colour—transforms a familiar coastal scene into something raw, emotional, and unmistakably Scottish.
Two fishing boats, their red hulls vivid against deep blue water, anchor the foreground. Behind them, Hanna builds the Fife landscape with bold strokes of ochre, brown, and white, evoking windswept fields and the textured shoreline. Above it all, a turbulent sky of greys and orange light dominates the composition, echoing the ever‑changing weather that has long inspired Scottish painters.
This work sits comfortably within the lineage of modern Scottish landscape painting, yet Hanna’s voice remains entirely his own—intense, physical, and deeply connected to place.
