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Scottish Art - Paintings of Scotland:
Pittenweem East Harbor

by D. Bruce Bennett

Morning Sunlight, Pittenweem Harbor

Morning sunlight breaks through blue sky in this quintessential fishing-village picture of Scotland. (Your monitor may not pick up the very light yellow in the far right clouds, which gives credibility to this painting's name.) We're standing on the outer part of Pittenweem east harbor pier, letting the pier's water-washed paving stones and hog-back stone outcropping lead our eyes east to a sampling of Pittenweem's lovely stone cottages with their Low-Countries look - rust-red, pan-tiled roofs and crow-stepped gables.

(Click for larger view of Morning Sunlight, Pittenweem Harbor.)

As you may know, Pittenweem is a little Scottish fishing village in the East Neuk of Fife, and its odd name comes from the Pictish words "pit," meaning "place," and "weem," meaning "cave." The nearby cave which prompted this name is where St. Fillan reportedly lived while converting Picts to Christianity in the 7th century.

Pittenweem village was first mentioned as a port in 1228, declared a Royal Burgh in 1541 (or 1542?), and is still an active fishing village, though less so than it has been. The commercial fishing industry is the more seemly side of Pittenweem's history, with its early 1700s witch trials accounting for the less-than-seemly part of its past. (Witches were drowned in the loch at Kilconquhar or slowly crushed to death by boulders.)

Yes, well. Witches aside, Pittenweem is now a very cheery place to visit, as you can see. With such a long history, chances are you're reading this because you've discovered a genealogical link to it - or maybe you've personally visited this lovely Scottish fishing village.

Either way, this is a picture of Scotland that really needs a home - in your home, don't you know? Mat and frame this Scottish Art to complement the harbor colors and your home's color scheme, and you'll have the your very own Scottish fishing village at your beck and call, right in your own living room.

Morning Sunlight, Pitteenweem Harbor
Medium: acrylic on 300-pound, cold-pressed watercolor paper (For similar view on hardboard, see Morning Sun and Clouds, Pittenweem Harbor.)
Image Dimensions: 27" w. x 13" h.
Mat: none
Glass: none
Frame: none

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