Poem – Tarbat Ness Lighthouse (Haiku)
POETRY Tarbat Ness Lighthouse Flash, flash, flash, flash, pause.Your comforting staccatowelcomes me homeward. by Nicki MacRae, April 2021.
The Clootie Well
Ever visited a clootie well? Even if you don’t believe in magic – they are pure visual magic! Clootie Wells are spots where ancient customs prevail. They are found in the Celtic corners of the UK and centre on a natural spring, usually surrounded by trees. Through history people have visited these special wells in …
Highland Hospice Charirty Shop, Dornoch
I am a charity shop lover! I love a rummage, I love a bargain, I love finding something unique and special that I couldn’t buy elsewhere. My mum taught me the art of charity shopping when I was a kid. I had all sorts of treasures from charity shops… like a set of tiny 1950’s …
March Incoming Tide, Achmelvich
March Incoming Tide, Achmelvich 20 x 16″ (50 × 40 × 4 cm) Original Painting – Mixed Media On Canvas Created from photo’s, sketches and video made at the beach in Achmelvich, Sutherland (Highlands of Scotland) in March 2014 (previously unseen on the website). We took a trip to the West Coast, travelling across the …
Ballone Castle
Ballone Castle sits out on the wild and windswept Tarbat Peninsula, near the villages of Portmahomack and Rockfield. This far tip of the peninsula projects so out in to the North Sea that it forms a favourite spot for spotting dolphins and whales (and, if you ask my daughters, mermaids). Even though we live only …
Receding Tide
20 x 20″ (51 × 51 × 4 cm) Original – Acrylic and varnished charcoal on a deep edge box frame canvas, with the painting continued onto all sides. Receding Tide – From photo’s and memories at one of my local beaches in Easter Ross in the Highlands of Scotland. The sea is retreating as …
Back of Stromness, Hazy Ruin
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 …
Wet track, Sutherland Hillside
Sunrise, Deerness, Orkney
