shore to shore she glides
placing limpets on their scars
praying to the moon
waitinghaiku
with blinded passion
thrashing kelp upon the sand
praying to the moon
Squall
Text / Image: Peter Kerr / Peter Ferguson tide skurries to outrun invading swells of frothing atlantic waves
Nibble
hush of a slow wave
edges forward, hesitates
nibbles at the day
Scars
shore to shore she glides
placing limpets on their scars
praying to the moon
Toes
Footsteps on wet sand
push up bivalve bubbles
to kiss salty toes
Northword Call for Creatives
The Northword Project is calling for creatives to develop new products or works inspired by the heritage of Scotland’s Highlands and Islands.
Gone
the sea is far out
and you have gone
beyond the slack of the tide
Never home
strange to me the sea
agitated cold beauty
out there, never home
Inclinable to calm
waulked by sun and moon
stretched taught in tenterhooks
to lie across the bay
Marram
between sand blown dunes
harsh marram, netting the sun,
thoughts spin restlessly
Peat
under wet cold peat
centuries of life live and
wait to speak aloud
Whisper
waves whisper, as if
they remember secret streams
mountain springs
UAA Summer Exhibition 2021 news
Because of all the uncertainty around Covid and unlocking, we decided a while ago not to run Art On The Map this summer. But, to compensate and help promote our members and their work, we are planning a bigger and wider summer exhibition at Taigh Chearsabhaght his...
Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie: Uist Artists in Conversation
Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie: Uist Artists in Conversation April 2021 Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie met in the Beacon Studio, Locheport in April 2021 to discuss their painting practices. They talk about their inspiration, practices, influences and how they see...
Lambs
well suited
the small snow of the lambs
can’t chill
Raven
cold call
raven goes a courting
in the snow
Nyree Troughton: Spotlight on the collagist
Her project "57.5704°N 7.2812°W // ROOTED" had me longing for a place I could call home with its gorgeously layered narratives using Hebridean Archive Imagery, family photos, text, and a model posed amid various locations on the isle. Nyree writes, "The publication is...
Louise Cook, Shoreline Stoneware: Island Life Distilled
"I make hand-built stoneware sculptures, all themed around the sea. I’m inspired by the coastline around our island, and draw inspiration from the unique Hebridean environment. Water is never very far away, so there is always a shore to explore. Fresh water loch or...
Meg Rodger: In the Studio
'There is a 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone row on Meg Rodger’s croft on the island of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides. Over time, Meg has studied the monument and realised that it lines up with the equinox – the point at which, twice a year, the sun is exactly...
Heisker
almost visible
through a hole in the day
Heisker
Bathtub
Images: Peter Ferguson
Croft
vault of sky
column of cloud
undercroft
Tractor
Images: Peter Ferguson