Tag archives: Scotland
Drawing, poetry and camping at mountain altitude
MOUNTAIN SPECTRE WHITE WING BLACK CAIRN Loafing around up on the Cairngorm plateau Has many advantages – You can loiter in peace with the deep blue sky, Surrounded by tiny …
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Journey far North West Scotland towards Sutherland
Recent drawing and painting outdoors: Tectonics fragmented
shards of light, seeping darks, vectorslooking down; looking in ten directions
Off Balance – recent land art installation
Many thanks to Jan for his excellent photograph (third image down from top). This piece was a very temporary work, a collaboration with Alan Wilson and Hamilton College, and developed …
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Mountains walking – Ben Lui quartz and snow lines
super clear water streaminggravel growing tiny trees roots flowing into crumpled steel sitting on dry river stonesup and running momentarily slow walking sun-dazed meandering in and out of the waterfall …
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Ardfern Zen Retreat – a few recipes from the Tenzo…
Here are a few recipes and images (many thanks to Ylva Champion for her photos) from the kitchen during the retreat. Huge thanks to all that helped with the food …
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West Coast to East Coast: Overlapping Lines and Spliced Surfaces
Getting into the Spring/Scottish Summer season have been making more work outdoors and doing some long journeys too… the light is super just now, bright from five or six in …
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Walking and Drawing, Cairngorms, Scotland, Part 2
snow flakes dancing around in the sunlight finished no more haiku just footstep after footstep
Tracks, trails, omens
Has been a long winter in Scotland and have been out through various trails. Wandering through these half forgotten, foggy forestry roads in the hills. Spider webs and open voids, …