The Song of the Sand Eels

The Song of the Sand Eels

The Song of the Sand Eels Charcoal8x6ft ENQUIRE This drawing is celebration of the micro algae of the oceans and here I’ve depicted the smallest creatures as the largest, and the largest creatures as the smallest. At the centre of the food chain, the precious jewel...
Wren Sing a Song

Wren Sing a Song

Wren Sing a Song Charcoal8x6ft ENQUIRE One hundred and seventy years later as Shetland is on the verge of entering into an age of mass industrialization of the land it is obvious that no lessons from the past have been learned. As I write the Weisdale valley is once...
Trout Spawn amongst the Nitrates

Trout Spawn amongst the Nitrates

Trout Spawn amongst the Nitrates Charcoal A1 ENQUIRE Here the Brown Trout Spawn in a primordial dance of ecstasy as the female lays her eggs while the male covers them with his sperm. A beautiful coming together and promise of new life to come. Brown trout spawn...
Spirit Swans

Spirit Swans

Spirit Swans CharcoalA1 ENQUIRE When the whooper swans arrive on Shetland some of them are painted red from the iron oxide rich waters of Iceland where they feed. Here the paint is at one with the rhythm of the sun and...