PORTRAITS
Self Portrait
by James Selbie
Filomena, my mother
Portrait of my mother, Filomena. This painting won my father a travelling scholarship to Italy.
Portrait of a Lady (Maria my grandmother)
by James Selbie
Born in Italy, she and her husband emigrated to London, then briefly lived in Forres and finally settled in Cullen on the shores of the Moray Firth.Their fifth daughter, Filomena (my mum) married my father, James Selbie.This portrait shows my grandmother as a strong, upright and clever woman with a kindly disposition.
My father was awarded the "George Davidson" medal for this portrait.
Born in Italy, she and her husband emigrated to London, then briefly lived in Forres and finally settled in Cullen on the shores of the Moray Firth.Their fifth daughter, Filomena (my mum) married my father, James Selbie.This portrait shows my grandmother as a strong, upright and clever woman with a kindly disposition.
My father was awarded the "George Davidson" medal for this portrait.
My mother, Filomena
by James Selbie
James Jack
by James Selbie
This portrait of a coxswain was painted in 1964 and is on display in the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife
This portrait of a coxswain was painted in 1964 and is on display in the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife
A Fisherman
by James Selbie was gifted by my mother to the
Lossiemouth Fisheries museum.
Lossiemouth Fisheries museum.
Provost of the Royal Burgh of Pittenweem - James D. Lawson
by James Selbie (1967)
Newspaper article from 1967
Rev. Dr. Ogg
by James Selbie (1963)
The Loft, Cullen
This is a small unsigned 'sketch' of my mum painted by my dad.
The Rev. James Smith
by James Selbie (1952)
This portrait of the Rev. James Smith who was a minister at Birnie Church near Elgin now hangs in Fochabers Folk Museum & Heritage Centre.
This portrait of the Rev. James Smith who was a minister at Birnie Church near Elgin now hangs in Fochabers Folk Museum & Heritage Centre.
'Jim Dalgleish, a friend'
This portrait was painted by James Selbie in 1942
