From Mallaig, the late Jon Schueler used to captivate Edinburgh.
A wartime sky observed from the turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress,
enhanced his knowledge of the many moods of the Isle of Skye, observed
distantly, painted movingly. He exhibited enough in his adopted
Scotland in the 1980s, to consolidate a private yet expressionist
career as a painter of the elements, sought out between Mallaig
and Manhattan. It was possible, in the early 1980s, to dine with
Jon and Magda, his beloved partner, in their Manhattan loft, and
the traffic sound below would seem to be the sound of sea on shingle
beach, as if it could only be the Hebridean swell.
(Jon Schueler: To the North, City Art Centre, Edinburgh until 27
September 2003)
