In this marvellously bold rendering of the southern Highlands Eric Robertson

introduces a heightened sense of reality to the majestic landscape surrounding the

mountain of Ben More. The painting is one of two Highland landscapes by the artist

on this scale; the other, Buachaille Etive Mhòr, is in the collection at Kelvingrove

Art Gallery in Glasgow. Characteristically, Robertson shows what was more or

less in front of him but it is reinterpreted in arrangement, scale and colouring. The

view is easterly showing the River Fillan and, beyond, Ben More, the highest of the

Crianlarich Hills. To the left is its lofty neighbour, Stob Binnein, with its summit

shrouded in cloud. A band of rainbow at the left of the composition and a window of

bright blue sky at the top add to the intensity of the scene.