Archibald Kay

A close friend of Rennie Mackintosh, Kay was a popular member of the art scene in turn of the century Glasgow.

[2] Kay worked alongside many notable Scottish artists of the early modernist period such as Thomas Hunt, Joseph Morris Henderson, George Houston and Helen Russell Salmon.

Kay lived in Kilmahog near Callander for 20 years and the whole area become the palette for his paintings but especially the waterfalls and weirs of the River Lenny and Ben Ledi.

His main area of interest was the river Leny and the Trossachs, where his autumnal scenes of vibrant running water and trees with vivid leaf colours became the hallmark of his works.

These paintings immortalise the grand scale and labour of the quarries which provided the stone for the roads and tramways of expanding Glasgow.

In a poor state of repair, Archibald Kay is buried alongside his son, George Whitelaw and his first wife.