Whale Song 1 2024Woodcut ENQUIRE Recently a sperm whale became stranded in a Shetland Bay, behaving as though it come in close in shore to die or had somehow been forced there by oppressive forces such as oil or military sonar operations. I started to think that if...
Whale Song 2 2024Woodcut ENQUIRE There were multiple opinions as to why this beautiful sperm whale came so close inshore to the point of almost stranding itself. Some thought it was sick and came to die, some thought it was driven in by sonar as used by oil industry...
Whale Song 3 2024Woodcut ENQUIRE The world of this sperm whale that was trapped in Shetland voe recently appeared in my mind to be very constricted, as if it was living in a womb like space through which it could not penetrate beyond. Within the confines of this...
Whale Song 4 2024Woodcut ENQUIRE In Shetland we occasionally get hump backed whales pass by during migration and I have been close to them a few times. Scientists think the males stay silent when they are subjected to the noise of our oceans particularly busy shipping...
Wind 2024Woodcut ENQUIRE This print was born by standing in the wind outside my studio and Opening myself up to the power and spirit of the wind , breathing it in deeply, letting whatever imagery appeared flow on to the woodblock. The wind in Shetland can be tiresome...
