Since my last post, walking and printmaking, painting and Hoy have been the highlights. A day trip to Hoy to walk a circular route (in the other direction). Up the Cuilags, across to St Johns Head, down to the Old Man of Hoy then on to Rackwick before heading back through the Valley. Most of … More Walking and printmaking, painting and Hoy
The fields are changing in Orkney – the patchwork of colour and shape is moving every day – the farmers are hard at work. This is one of my favourite times of year (I say that about every changing season!) the smells, the colours, the small shifts that make our landscape ever changing. My pallet … More (Almost) September
Today is dreich in Orkney, so was yesterday. A couple of weeks ago it was anything but dreich. During ‘Between the Waters’ at The Ness of Brodgar the weather couldn’t have been better, three days of wall to wall sunshine alongside conversations and time with like minded folk. We were invited and encouraged to view … More dreich
