Scottish Landscape by James Robertson (1931-2010) captures a rustic landscape with black, upside down V-shaped lines of paint creating the impression of a mountain range in the centre. The foreground also contains black lines of paint capturing the impression of details, with bright orange and rich red colour in wild strokes throughout. The sky is made up of thinner, dryer brush strokes of black against dry, wide brush strokes of blue and grey. The darker tone of colour in this work with the wilder strokes of red and orange create an anxious energy to the overall work. 

This piece is characteristic of the Vorticist movement, which Robertson was known to be part of, which combined cubist elements with a machine-like component through harsh lines and contrasting colours. The stark black lines of paint fit the harsh line component, and the vibrant red and orange colours throughout the foreground of the work create contrast against the grey and blue of the mountains and sky. These elements allow Robertson to create an abstractly captured landscape. 

James Downie Robertson, 1931-2010