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  There is so much going on! Despite it being July – month when Sweden is on holiday – I seem to be as busy as usual … so it is just as well that I am on holiday from […]

Today was mostly spent doing a final edit for the world premiere of my film about the Ness of Brodgar on Friday. So just the one drawing today. In Trench J they have reached ‘the natural’ – the earth that […]

It has been a while since I have blogged, mainly because I have been focusing on finishing my final dissertation for my Masters followed by a certain amount of flummoxing about with family commitments mixed with needing to not do […]

Following on with the story of the big pot. Here is a piece now dry enough to be turned over, revealing its decoration. It was removed from the big slab of pot (from the top right hand corner of the […]

Every Saturday Berwick Sketchers, who meet once a month to draw together, will be in the gallery to sketch-document the events. Why not come along with your own sketchpad and join in.   The wonderfull sketch below here was made […]

“I knew when I’d looked for a long time that I’d hardly begun to see” Nan Shepherd  The temperature finally began to rise as water levels began to drop. Winter Hill drifts out of focus in shades of blue and […]

The preview event took place last Saturday the 10th of July at the Gymnasium Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed. The launch was enriched by beautiful performances by Berwick based artist Chloe Smith and North-East based artist Sophie Lisa Beresford Smith. […]

Years of research and making, over a week of exhibition install, setting and in situ creating, program of events for 7 busy Saturdays, online events, 9 weeks of exhibition, 5 evolving exhibitions within exhibition…  

After the excavation of the big pot comes the paperwork in meticulous detail. Just one drawing as the day was mostly was spent sourcing technology for my film show next week. Later on with the return of Orkney winds, I […]

Printing onto South Bank I’ve printed my drawing of Cluster I onto south bank smooth. It wasn’t intentional but I’ve noticed each print was different tone because I went over twice with some pieces. I prefer the darker shade of […]

Hello Everyone, I’m going to write these blog posts on behalf of artist Sabina Sallis. I am her partner and main technical support. I’ve never done this before so these first posts may be a bit poor but are sure […]

I’ve been reading Stuart Mayes’ blog from 13th July 2021, https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/project-me/ in which he is talking about new work made with a bundle of shirt collars and cuffs I passed on to him. They are a remnant of the days […]

This morning there was a gentle breeze, pale sunshine, and big black clouds on the horizon – standard Orkney weather except the wind is usually much stronger. After a personal tour of Structure 10, I drew some of the diggers, […]

Suddenly one day last week a (’the’?) perfect title for the piece(s) that I am working on came to me – Rest.   I was not thinking about a title at the time, I was just quietly getting on with […]