I stumbled across this building on the outskirts of Stromness on a Summer evening stroll when working in Orkney in the summer of 2012. It had been a long day and I was tired, so I hastily snapped a photo, almost over my shoulder, just to record the moment. The sun was going down and …
I’m sharing this textiles experiment that I’ve just completed. It’s a direct progression from the work I’ve been doing exploring household materials and using them create abstract collages – old textiles, wallpaper, etc. I’m really interested in embroidery and how in the past it could be taken as a marker of accomplishment or value for …
Mixed media on board. A piece inspired by a worked bone fragment discovered whilst I was on site.
20 x 20″ (51 × 51 × 4 cm) Signed Original Artwork – Mixed Media On Canvas From colour sketches made at the Bay of Skaill, Orkney in Winter. I wanted to give something of the feel of the sweep of the bay, the rolling of the waves, and the scattered, fleeting nature of what …
20 x 24″ (51 x 61 x 4cm) Mixed media on canvas. This painting came from work I did on a Winter trip to Orkney. I love the light and the skies in Orkney, and this tries to capture the moment when cloud cover and drizzle clear for a fleeting moment to illuminate the landscape …
Article by The Orcadian newspaper on ‘Orkney Held Me Close’ solo exhibition, Kirkwall, 2012.
Radio interview with BBC Radio Orkney’s art programme, about the 2012 ‘Orkney Held me Close’ exhibition and Orkney based work. Listen to Tullimentan March 2012 programme here.
24 x 24 Diptych – two 24 x 12” canvases. (Each canvas is 61 x 31 x 4 cm) Acrylic on canvas. Orkney Held Me Close and Blew Me Away was created from a watercolour sketch I made during storms at the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, Scotland during the month of February. The colours …