Certain aspects of the sca which are within the grasp of paint are sclected and rendered with all possible vigour, the rest being frankly left out. Mr. Hunter does not attempt to transfer the waves to his canvas, He understands that paint can grapple with the sea as colour, and as colour he is content to take it. The result is, that although he does not touch all those chords in us which sympathise with the sea, he moves one of them to a deeper vibration than it can receive from an art more diffuse. — Walter Armstrong, p. 77
Paintings
- Self Portrait
- Fishing Boats off the Coast of Cornwall, 1883
- The Herring Market at Sea (on Loch Fyne, Argyll)
- Wet Day on the Clyde
- Falls of Niagara
- Good-night to Skye
- The Mouth of the Helmsdale
- The Pool in the Wood, Helmsdale
Bibliography
Armstrong, Walter. Scottish Painters: A Critical Study. London:Seeley & Co., 1888. Google Books. Free Ebook.
Caw, J. L. "HUNTER, COLIN." Dictionary of National Biography. Second Supplement. Vol. II. Faed-Muybridge. Ed. Sidney Lee. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. 328-29. Web. 28 October 2022.
"Scottish Art and Artists.” The Scottish Review 5 (1885): 205-226. Hathi Trust Digital Library, from a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 28 October 2022.
Created 30 October 2022