Work rooted in the Scottish coast - paintings shaped by tide, weather and the shared experience of life by the sea.

  • Original framed painting of yachts leaving Granton Harbour Edinburgh at dusk · Elspeth J Mackenzie

    Summer evening

    As the sun starts sink, the sky glows rosy pink. Yachts take advantage of the balmy evening for a final sail in the bay.

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  • Original coastal painting by Elspeth J Mackenzie displayed on wall · Edinburgh coastal art

    Morning Light

    A summer morning, the light still low and the harbour beginning to move - the yachts catching colour, the water shifting.

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  • Original coastal painting by Elspeth J Mackenzie displayed on wall · Edinburgh coastal art

    Evening Moorings - SOLD

    The best light of the day and the hardest to catch. The kind of evening you stay out for longer than you meant to.

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  • Original coastal painting by Elspeth J Mackenzie displayed on wall · Edinburgh coastal art

    Midday Summer

    The harbour at its most direct - full light, no softening. The water doesn't settle at midday, it glitters.

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Elspeth J Mackenzie coastal artist Firth of Forth

About the artist

Painting from inside the coast

Based in Edinburgh, I paint the Scottish coast from the water's edge and from within it - its light, its harbours and the people who are drawn to it.

My work explores belonging and a sense of place through shared experience rather than spectacle.

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  • "Just to say how excited I am to have discovered your work. I LOVE coastal rowing and would love one of your works of a skiff someday."

    LOUISE, GLASGOW
  • "Sunshine, colour and happiness would be a painting of yours on my wall"

    LI, PERTH
  • Elspeth was very thoughtful and a pleasure to deal with. I am delighted with the two paintings and would have no hesitation in recommending this site.

    CAROL, N IRELAND
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