FERTILE ISLAND – PAINTINGS
This series of works is inspired by the islands on the lochs of Shetland.
These places are very rarely visited by humans because of their inaccessibility, and most importantly they are not visited by sheep, and as such are ecological strongholds holds in a landscape that has been over grazed for centuries.
These islands are sanctuaries for wildflowers, rare plants and in a few of them the original Shetland ‘relic’ trees and stand out like beacons of hope in a landscape that has been stripped bare by sheep.
These fertile islands s remind us of what we have lost as well as being inspirational places of learning in terms of showing us what can grow on the land around if it was managed differently.