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Lochmaddy Day Out

Lochmaddy Day Out

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Committee Road

Committee Road

Travelling along the Committee Road across North Uist[dmg_masonry_gallery gallery="238251,238249,238248,238247,238246,238245,238244,238243,238242,238241" modal_title="on" _builder_version="4.27.5" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}"...

Peace Pieces

Peace Pieces

My contribution to the Uist Arts Association's Winter Show at Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy which runs until Dec 24th. All the works are small (in 24 x 24 cm frames), they're for sale, and can be taken away immediately. The theme of this year's UAA Show is Peace /...

Ballivanich

Ballivanich

A walk along the beach in Ballivanich. Sand dunes heavily eroded by recent storms

Windows

Windows

The view through some old crofthouse windows

Wall Stories

Wall Stories

Photos of some of the old stone-buildings in the Paible area. In search of a style suitable for suggesting the story of these structures.

Tourists, 1908

Tourists, 1908

Snaps from a photo album taken by a family who were the sporting tenants of Sponish House, Lochmaddy in the summer of 1908 At the time, Sponish House was being let as a sporting lodge. This series of photographs are...

Cows etc

Cows etc

Some croft animals, and some experiments with exposures

Scarecrow Season

Scarecrow Season

Some of the Uist machair scarecrows' are permenant residents; others pop-up in time for the harvest. Their mortal enemies are the flocks of geese

Waterlillies

Waterlillies

A few photos from the Uist waterllily season

Baleshare

Baleshare

A few buildings from today's cycle around Berneray

Three Exhibition: Jan-Feb 2021

Three Exhibition: Jan-Feb 2021

Exhibtion at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy 15th January – 26th February 2022My contribution to this group exhibition is a series of paintings inspired by linear features of the Uist landscape: “The paintings are my response to the sense of...

Churn Exhibition, June-July 2019

Churn Exhibition, June-July 2019

Here's some of the work for my Churn / Maisreadh exhibition in the cafe at the Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre in Lochmaddy, North Uist. The exhibition runs from June 4 to July 20 2019. The works are on the theme of folds, chaos and form in the Uist...