Crovie (pronounced ‘Crivvie’) is a small, picturesque, sometimes dramatic village, on the north coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, only a short distance from the village of Pennan where the feel-good movie ‘Local Hero” was filmed.

It is only a single row of houses built on a very narrow ledge overlooking the sea. It has been a settlement since the 13th century but was boosted by crofters displaced from the north of Scotland by the Highland Clearances, who took up fishing to make ends meet.

I did this watercolour painting a couple of years ago but decided to get a few prints made only last week – sold out in a couple of days! It seems that quite a lot of people have happy childhood memories of Crovie, so I’m glad to have helped rekindle them.

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