Edinburgh Again
Posted in Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Sculpture, Wild Life, Alasdair Gray at 22:50 on 26 October 2010
We took another stroll along the Water of Leith yesterday and there was the heron again. (I assume it’s the same one we saw before.)
It was quite undisturbed while we were going past, standing stock still, making the photo easier. It only moved up on to the bank after we were along the path a bit.
We browsed the book and charity shops in Stockbridge for a while but I came away empty handed. The good lady picked up two books to add to her to be read pile.
This time we came back via the town and so passed the Dene Bridge at the upper level.
There’s no idea from here of how high above the water the roadway is nor of the immensity of the pillars.
Later we dropped into the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art off Belford Road.
There are sculptures outside; including an unmistakable couple of Henry Moores.
One is at the front.
There is another beside the path which leads down from the car park to the Water of Leith.
Much of modern art leaves me cold but Moore’s sculptures are interesting.
Most of the stuff inside is a bit meh but the figurative paintings by the Scottish Colourists are an exception. (I’m used to these though as the excellent Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery has a fine collection of Peploes as well as some others.)
There were too some pictures by Alasdair Gray on exhibition in the Gallery to tie in with the newly published book of his art work, A Life In Pictures.