Portfolio : Scottish Themes
Drawing Back the Curtain on the Mystical World
‘A mystic is one who has seen a curtain drawn back on her world and lives now in not one world but in two.’ Evelyn Underhill (1914) Practical Mysticism.
The artist draws back the curtain of the modern, urban world to reveal the imaginal world of Celtic mythology which lies beyond.
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
The Otherworld is Here
A shamanic journey in the Scottish imaginal world where the Selkie and Otherworld beings come to shore.
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
Solus na Madainn (The Morning Light)
As the tide goes out from a Hebridean shore, the morning light dances across the sand and the rocks. I have borrowed the title from the beautiful piece of music by Malcolm Jones.
Acrylic, gesso and waterproof acrylic ink on canvas
61 x 91 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
From the Loch to the Forest
The mysterious depths of the loch counterpoint the sunlight falling on the forest
Acrylic, gesso and waterproof acrylic ink on canvas
40 x 40 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
The Loch and the Shadows
The surface of the loch embraces both the shadows and the sunlight
Oil on wooden panel
20 x 20 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
Offering to Lir
The ancient Celts placed offerings to the gods in sacred waters. The incoming tide covers a gold necklace, offered to Lir, the Celtic sea god, for the safe return of a loved one.
Mixed media on paper on board
36 x 24 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
Offering to Cernunnos
A gold torc hangs from a branch in the forest, an offering to the antlered, torc-wearing god of the wildwoods.
Mixed media on paper on card.
36 x 24 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
Blessed Isle
The Broighter Boat, a gold model of a Celtic ship, made 100 B.C. and found near Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, is one of my favourite objects and its image often sails through my paintings. In this Otherworld Journey it travels on one of Lir’s sacred sea roads past the Isle of the Blessed to Scotland.
Mixed media on paper
57 x 51 cms
Available, unframed, Price on application.
Seven Tears for a Selkie Lover II: The Selkie in the Dark Sea Finds the Woman’s Tears
The Selkie Lover of Scottish legends finds the woman’s tears and so begins to change into human form.
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cms
Seven Tears for a Selkie Lover III: The Selkie Lover Breaks the Surface
The Selkie Lover emerges into the daylight and the world of humans.
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cms
