Harvest Time near St Fillans, Perthshire
The air in Perthshire carries the scent of dried stalks and cooling earth. In this 1877 oil on canvas, the landscape of St Fillans unfolds in a quiet rhythm of labor and light. Tall grass ripples across the foreground, leading the eye toward a series of haystacks scattered like golden monuments across the field. These mounds, some large and some small, mark the progress of the season. They sit heavy…









