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Highland Games
baby alice
awaits her turn
upon the wheel
Highland Games
just fun
in the sun
for some
Ghost
ghost bag
wailing on wire
in evening gale
Line made by walking
between two tides
a line made by walking
gone at the turn
Needle
tuesday’s hoolie
a cold needle of inquiry
into these old bones
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...
Meet the critics
The corncrakes have returned to the garden for their annual shouting match. In late-April, the first birds arrived and started claiming territory. My garden (much overgrown!) is a regular starting place although they eventually choose somewhere further from buildings...
Building a studio
Next job: build a studio in the back garden. A standard building proved to be beyond my budget, so I opted for a polycrub. Developed in Shetland, these are a variant type of polytunnel/greenhouse designed to stand up to 120 mile winds. Ground clearing and gravel...
Degree show
Work my Moray College degree show, June 2016. The work was ink on drafting film