Hellihole Road, Stromness from Willick’s Shed
Sea pink, Yesnaby. From Flora Orcadensis
Papa Westray I. More here.
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Orkney Photographica – once more
This time at Orkney College UHI, Kirkwall. The photograph on the poster is by Stephen McLaren and is paired in the talk with Gunnie Moberg’s photograph of the same place. image: Gunnie Moberg Header image: Tom Kent, Orkney Library & Archive Review of the talk in March for Orkney Arts Society from … Continue reading
Willick’s Shed upcoming exhibition
Opening this week, a new exhibition with painter Diana Leslie. Both of us are drawn to the piers of Stromness and the town’s relationship to the sea. Setting out with a broad theme, we chose a specific place for the title, ‘Willick’s Shed’, a building which has featured in both our work over the years. … Continue reading
Orkney Photographica Talk
Winter shows
It is the season for the Orkney Christmas Open exhibitions and I’m showing in four. Firstly the Pier Arts Centre, where I am showing two Sea Pink images both singe edition prints. This show runs to Christmas eve. This exhibition has over 200 pieces and it takes a remarkable skill to hang such a diverse … Continue reading
ØY You
I am delighted to be part of the ØY Festival in Papa Westray, Orkney (Papay) this weekend. I’ll be showing a series of collaged photographs on the theme of the festival – Island Magnetism. The images taken in Papay are based on an idea that islands are defined by the sea and the sky rather … Continue reading
Daisy daisy
Macro photograph of Bellis perennis (Daisy) photographed in the garden of the late photographer Gunnie Moberg Digital photograph on photorag, archival inks £130 SOLD Also in Magnus Spence’s 1914 list of medicinal Orkney plants…the daisy, known in Orkney as Cockalowrie or Mimmy feeblick. In fact daisy roots are part of the 17th Century Orkney miracle … Continue reading
Bog cotton and Sea pinks
The exhibition Flora Orcadensis is in its final week, it ends this Saturday 27 August. Here are a couple more images from the show… Reversed digital photograph on photorag, archival inks £180 Bog cotton (photographed in Rendall, Orkney) Lucky Minnie’s oo (Orkney name) Eriophorum angustifolium Eriophorum vaginatum ‘The Great Exhibition of 1851 featured a number … Continue reading
