Nature Diary: March, 2025
There’s been a shift in light and colour. The equinox looms with the promise of Spring. I think about how now is the time to notice the weathered and dried seed heads. They don’t feel as rough when I pinch them…
Grantown Open Studios 2025
Grantown Open Studios is an exciting new event launching in 2025, bringing together 18 artists from Grantown-on-Spey.
Nature Diary: February, 2025
The sun spills warmth upon the earth and the air is quiet, other than birds pouring their bright verses into the breeze. The same breeze glides over the lochan, a calm lapping clashes with the light that hurls itself against the surface, shattering into silver fragments.
Nature Diary: January, 2025
Cold is settled in after some mild weeks, there’s a sense of normalcy again. My legs require a hill to climb, and the day brings snow-fall, big wholesome flakes that steadily blanket the ground…
Nature Diary: December, 2024
I watch the sunrise through the window. The house is full of winter illness and everything seems too far away to grasp. The sky begins to stir, not in haste, but with the quiet certainty of something ancient. What time is it?
Nature Diary: November, 2024
Coastal air is calling. I step through the dunes at Findhorn, the grasses are waving gently in the soft and light air. The sound waves from the ocean now reach me with their full force. This is a place I want to be at this very moment.
Nature Diary: October, 2024
I reluctantly take my body outside, walking fast, heart thumping. It is warm and the sun glows down strongly. To the river today, it’s been a while…
Nature Diary: September, 2024
Elusive sunshine welcomed September, and with it came a well-disguised chill and the early signs of autumn. I have fondness for Autumn, as the season of the great collapse, when organic matter embarks on its journey back to the earth..
Magic light boxes and silver, ponderings.
I was going through negatives for some direct contact prints today, and found these from earlier in the year at Glen Affric. The first image was shot on my little Lubitel TLR medium format (6×6), the second on the wee … Continued
Summer Exhibition at Spey Bank Studio
I’m delighted to be exhibiting again at Spey Bank Studio in Grantown on Spey, a local gallery that has been incredibly supportive and encouraging in getting me back to my creative self. The title for this year’s Summer Exhibition is … Continued