Earl Haig (1918 – 2009) was an artist and son of Field Marshall Earl Haig whose family home was Bemersyde near Melrose. He was inspired to take up painting during his time spent as a prisoner of war in Colditz during the Second World War. He attended art school after the war and painted prolifically in the Scottish Borders and on trips abroad to Italy, France and South Africa. He became a fellow of the RSA in 1988 and is one of Scotland’s most respected landscape painters.

This exhibition is entirely drawn from private collections and contains works never previously exhibited. His love of the Scottish Borders is reflected in bold colours and a new perspective on landscape painting that was typical in the post war period and certainly influenced by his close friend Sir William Gillies.. “Dawyck” as he was known, painted prolifically up to his death at the age of 91 and this exhibition also shows examples of his early work to one of the last he completed before his death.