
The artist, Ian Stewart Moir, lives on a street named 'Buffies Brae' in Dunfermline. In doing his research, he discovered that the hill, upon which the street is built, is part of an ancient course known as the 'Golf Drum'. This is the most likely site where successive kings played a rudimentary version of the game. In fact, gutta percha balls were discovered by archaeologists in the ravine opposite his house. This ravine, and associated history, was the inspiration for the painting and its title,
'Reid, Lockhart and the Game of Kings'
'Reid, Lockhart and the Game of Kings'