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  Inside Galatina Church          Carrying fire. Vessel of fire. Protection against fire and sickness.      Horse with talismanic gifts. Head Tree, leafiness, crown seeding.              Baby Skeleton   Shadows make breasts or a crown for me I am Boat, I am torrent streaming, pooling, shadows, […]

I’ve been looking at Louise Bourgeois’s Insomnia Drawings, and recalling events from my childhood, which took place in France ( a balcony in Rouen; a country house and forest in Sologne). I remember going swimming in a big dark pool. It was raining, I was alone, I was around seven years old. There were large […]

This afternoon I’ll be speaking about my trip to Orkney and the Western Isles, generously supported by a-n Artists Information company. I’ll be discussing what I saw and felt, what moved me, inspired me, and what I am bringing forwards in my work as an artist. I went to Scotland in August and October, and […]

  Poets and Artists will be there, together with a selection of work, some from Iona…

     travelling across Mull… After teaching my workshop (please see previous post)I spent two weeks on Iona working in the hostel at Lagandorain (the hollow of the otter) doing domestic work and tending the gardens. I walked most days to the beach with a wheelbarrow to gather seaweed to dress the currant and berry beds. […]

http://dark-mountain.net/blog/seven-circles-in-the-book-of-sharks/ Is the link to this…very excited to be part of Dark Mountain… Seven Circles in the Book of Sharks | The Dark Mountain Project A network of writers, artists and thinkers centred on the Dark Mountain journal. Join us in search of new stories for troubled times. dark-mountain.net Creature carrying humans Monotype with oil […]

Can’t wait to read the poems! Congratulations   Guillemot Press Karl O’Hanlon And Now They Range by Karl O’Hanlon Karl O’Hanlon’s first pamphlet is an immensely attractive thing. He treads a fascinating line between a cool, modest – at times austere – phrasing and an engagement with the passionate physicality of English on the tongue […]

Before my Iona workshop I had two days on the Isle of Mull to prepare. Here I am on the way to Tobermory, standing in the rich colours of orange-green seaweed. The scent of sea was strong and clean. I stayed at a beautiful old Manse called Frachadil near Calgary Bay. I made some drawings […]

I’m thrilled that my work ‘My Dog keeps watch when I pray‘ has been chosen for the poster and the invitation for the Open exhibition. Arts Open open poster final 290916 v3   My work was awarded the Mount Art Prize:- We’re sponsoring Black Swan Arts Open this year, and as part of that we […]

I had some very lovely and generous feedback from people who attended the talk I gave at ICE in York. I began my talk by reading from Ursula LeGuin’s poem ‘The Artist’ – about going to the ‘gap’, the space between…. which is what I feel I do when I make work. I called my […]