A brewer who missed the pub in lockdown created oil paintings of his favourite Edinburgh boozers

A brewer who missed the pub in lockdown spent his furlough doing a series of oil paintings of his favourite haunts in the capital.

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Theo Barnes, 30, created a series of 15 paintings depicting pubs in Edinburgh, where he lives, as well as London and Manchester, based on photographs he found online.

He was furloughed from his job at Born brewery, Jedburgh, in January for four months and decided to pick up a paintbrush and try his hand at oil on canvas.

Here's to you: Brewer and budding artist Theo Barnes

Having learnt the basics aged 15 from his dad, Theo spent between two weeks and a month depicting scenes including a terrier keeping a watchful eye on two pints of Guiness, and detailed woodgrain found in traditional pubs.

He illustrated packets of Scampi Fries on a bar, and even beer gardens - as he found painting helped him with 'remembering the good times'. Each painting took up to two weeks to a month, and Theo painted the pubs that were important to him including Cask and Barrel Southside, and Monty's in Haymarket.

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