Acrylic, gold mica flakes, paper, on canvas, 2022, 61 x 61 cm.
From walking at Edenmouth, on Kinshaldy beach, in and out the shallows at low tide.
My eyes rusted and lost/containing seawater/and my hair full of saltmarsh. /I ask for its touch, brimming/its voices and reasons
Acrylic, paper, charcoal and linen on linen canvas, 2022, 122 x 91.5 cm (48 x 36 inches).
rising on the steep deep wood /in place
falling
birds calling
in and out the tomb-court
A large piece of raw linen has been stuck onto this painting, after plenty of paint had already been applied. It might seem a bit drastic, but it was a game-changer.
Acrylic, gouache, water soluble crayon and paper on canvas, 2022, 61 x 61 x 4 cm
Junun is music that is basically Sufi Qawwali from India, with a little help from an Israeli Sufi singer and poet, Shye Ben Tzur, and Jonny Greenwood. On the album is a poem by Meera Bai, a 16th century Hindu mystic poet, a Bhakti saint, and the line “Let’s go to that land, where my beloved shall be found” inspired this painting. The idea is that the beloved is the god Krishna, and the saint wishes to immerse herself as his devotee.
Acrylic and gold mica flakes on canvas, 50 x 50 x 4 cm, 2022
Sàil Ghorm, or the blue (heel) slope, from Quinag in Assynt, the more westerly of the two huge gable ends of the mountain that looked down at us in our lodge at Kyelsku and reflected in the loch.
Acrylic paint, gold powder, charcoal and collage on canvas, 100 x 120 x 4 cm
In January I had a frightening experience in a blown down plantation of Corsican pine – the further I got into it the more difficult it became to get out again, and this has something to do with that.
the labyrinth listens in the dark
what coat I wear to lie down
in the fern bed
& the needle leaves –
Acrylic on deep-sided collaged canvas, 100 x 100 x 4 cm, 2021
I picked up two fallen cherry leaves, one pink-red, the other orange, and this painting echoes both the idea of cherry blossom and the fallen leaves.
