Angela captures black bull for the bottle
Published: 14/03/2009
A LIKENESS of a black bull that grazes in a Deeside field will grace bottles of whisky sold worldwide.
The label was revealed yesterday at the relaunch of Duncan Taylor and Co’s Black Bull brand at the whisky retailer’s shop at Huntly.
The firm commissioned Aberdeenshire artist Angela Davidson for the project.
Angela specialises in pictures of animals and chose to draw a bull in a field near Aboyne.
The artist, of Wardhouse, near Insch, said: “It was just one of those things. I noticed the black bull on my travels and always thought: I want to do a picture of it.”
The original picture now hangs in the office of Euan Shand, managing director of Duncan Taylor, which holds the trophy for best blended whisky from the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
He said: “We looked at what Angela did and loved the black bull. I wanted a really menacing one that looked really tough and she said she had one in mind.”
Events to relaunch the brand will take place in cities in the US, Europe and China.