"This series is very important to me. During this pandemic, I have not been able to travel and see my friends. Two years ago I went to the Isle of Skye with my family and my best friends, Josie and Phil, who live in England. It was a great vacation.

So now instead of traveling, I painted my memories. I picked my Isle of Skye color palette, and printed out pictures of my trip and taped them up in the studio. And then I just painted all my happy memories. I especially like how the deep red/brown is like the rib boat we went on looking for seals in the dark, dark blue sea. Scotland is very green, but there were lots of soft blue skies and clouds. It made me very happy to paint these paintings, and I hope this series brings you happiness too."

- Charlie French