 |  | | | A Shepherd's Life | Wednesday 3 October 2001 | | |
Jenny Armstrong spent her life as a shepherd in the Pentlands south of Edinburgh.
She was born in 1903, but in the 1970s a young artist couple happened to move to Scotland to the cottage next door to hers. Victoria Crowe ended up painting the Shepherd's life over the next twenty years.
These paintings have been brought together in an exhibition A Shepherd's Life which is touring Scotland.
Claudia Hammond met up with Victoria Crowe in the Pentlands.
Exhibition: A Shepherd's Life: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery 6th Oct-3rd Nov Swanston Art Gallery, Thurso 6th Nov-28th Nov Duff House, Aberdeenshire 17th Dec-Feb 2nd 2002 Hatton Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne University Feb-April 2002
Books: A Shepherd's Life is published by the National Galleries of Scotland.
Victoria Crowe - Painted Insights (Antique Collectors Club, ISBN 1-85149-395-6, £25). Antique Collectors Club, tel: 01394 387701.
An exhibition of Victoria Crowe's recent work can be seen at Thackeray Gallery, London Oct 23-Nov 10.
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