The small portrait of Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth which hangs in the newly renovated Scottish National Portrait Gallery has become overly familiar as a trademark for a kitsch brand of Scottishness which is demeaning to the poet’s legacy. It’s with respect to Burns and Nasmyth that I make my modest reworking to mark the 25th of January.
My portrait can be seen along with other pictorial responses to Burns at The McGill Duncan Gallery, Castle Douglas, from Saturday, January 28th, 2011.
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