A man's appeal to reunite his elderly mother with a painting she made in Edinburgh has been shared thousands of times online.
Alan Kidd is trying to track down the current owner of a painting called Watching the Waves, which was sold in 2005.
His mother has just turned 90 and she is keen to have the painting again, saying it's the best work she has ever done.
It was sold at an exhibition in St George's Church on Shandwick Place, the Daily Record reports.
Alan's appeal has been shared around 3,000 times on Facebook.
He said: "This is a colossally long shot.
"My mum did this painting in 2005. She was a member of Holyrood Art Club in Edinburgh at the time; it went into one of their exhibitions and was sold, and she’s always regretted letting it go as she sees it as the best thing she ever did.
"Mum’s told me on the eve of her 90th birthday that she’d love to track it down and see if she can buy it back.
"The exhibition was at St George’s Church in Shandwick Place, in March 2005. The painting was exhibit 73, called Watching the Waves.
"If any of you kind Embra folk know anyone at all who might have an idea where it resides these days, you’d make my mum (and, by extension, me) very very happy."
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