Some random jottings. The men in the high-viz jackets (from days and days ago) were indeed spraying the road, purely so that I could add to my collection of round things: I also have a collection of poles: and tidelines. […]
Today’s walk: a gentle 8.3 mile ramble (according to Mapometer.com) taking in the coastal access path, the village shop in Toab, the airport runway – twice – and (almost) the Ness of Burgi. In other words, a walk around the […]
Although Sumburgh Head might be considered remote, in the sense that it takes a long time to get here from mainland Britain, it most definitely is not isolated. I see more people here during the day than I see in […]
As expected, any time spent in the far north at the end of winter involves a fair amount of staying inside. I think the weather could best be described as exhilarating, although to be fair, I did come back from […]
I am sitting in my eyrie at Sumburgh, insulated from the wildness outside and barely aware of the noise of the wind in the wires behind me. As expected, there is a lot of weather in Shetland. The morning of […]
The afternoon of my second day here (the bulk of the first day being taken up by travelling, unpacking and catching up on lost sleep), and I am overwhelmed by the simple fact of being here. I have been looking […]
Firstly I will apologise for the disjointed nature of what you are about to read, I managed to stay in my studio until 11pm tonight so must be quick. I stole a really cheeky look around the National Gallery after […]
At the beginning of yesterday I was wondering what the protocol that Val was bringing to the studio actually was. As I thought it was the plan: a systematic preparation and way of working to ensure that everything that needs […]