Hills of Tulloch 1915

David Young Cameron made this etching, Hills of Tulloch, with a fine eye to layering. Look at how he builds up the scene with these delicate lines, it's all about the process of adding and subtracting, a real dance on the plate. I love how the materiality sings here. The ink is so light and transparent, creating this kind of dreamy, hazy effect, like looking at a memory. Notice the contrast between the detailed mountain range in the background and the more abstract foreground. Those long, flowing lines that suggest the hills, it's almost like he's inviting you to complete the picture in your mind, to feel the landscape rather than just see it. It reminds me a bit of Whistler's atmospheric landscapes, this sense of quiet observation and the beauty of suggestion. It's about embracing ambiguity and finding poetry in the everyday.