History In A Bird’s Nest……'and it don't seem a year too much'……From Kilmorack Gallery……
by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 07 March 2025
History In A Bird’s Nest……
Plastic and birds aren’t a good combination, but this discovery of rubbish in Coot nests is fascinating – little snap-shots of history. A World Cup, the Pandemic - woven into bird’s nests…
https://www.science.org/content/article/plastic-waste-bird-nests-can-act-tiny-time-capsule
'and it don't seem a year too much......'
“It’s a year to the day since I started working on The Breaking Wave. The longhand first draft is about halfway through (ie, 50k words), and the second draft (on the computer) is about one third of the way through, (ie 33k). Already too long - I’m hoping for 75k, but will settle for something less than 100k.
I didn’t really mean to do it this way. I hoped just to write the first draft through, long hand, but problems began coming to light, which could only really be solved by starting to put the text onto the word processor.
A few weeks ago, I realised that whatever happened, I was going to need another notebook. Recently finding myself in Hay for luncheon with a friend, I accidentally fell through the door of Barty’s, where my card must have flown from my hand into the reader. It’s all a blur what happened next, but somehow I found myself a pony out of pocket, but the proud owner of another large format 230 page Leuchtturm notebook.
Today, wishing to commemorate the anniversary, I put a sticker on the front of my new notebook, reserving it for the second draft. But, you cry, surely the second draft will be on the word processor?
Aha, I reply.
What do you mean, ‘Aha’, you ask.
I don’t know, I reply. I’ll keep readers informed.
Also worth noting, after a years slow work (admittedly hampered by health stuff); last night, I wrote the first scene where The Breaking Wave play together. Or at least, two of the members play this, in order to soundcheck a 12 string guitar.
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From Kilmorack Gallery….
“We are very excited to announce our March exhibitions which run from Friday 14th March until 12th April. These include 'Ancient Songs' which showcases Christopher Wood's latest twenty paintings. They show how abstraction, colour and form can take us deeper into feelings of place.
We also have new work by Shetland-based Peter Davis. Davis is one of the UK's most innovative painters in watercolour. Ony Peter Davis can capture the energy of Shetland's vast sky and seascapes into a small rectangle.
And finally we have Patricia Shone's newest vessels. These show the marvels of ceramics - an art form that is ancient, firey and from the earth. We will post more about these when they arrive at the gallery.
CHRISTOPHER WOOD | Ancient Songs
14 March - 12 April
Christopher Wood achieves something remarkable. Colours and abstract marks - moments of paint - coalesce into recognisable instances. These are truths that are seen and felt by the artist and then shared with us. It might be a breathing sea, a cliff revealing ancient reds, or the smell of scurvy grass as the tide recedes - all made more powerful by the poetic language of abstraction.
These latest twenty paintings reveal Christopher Wood to be an artist in full power. They are works that endure well beyond the first gaze. They are paintings that timelessly sing an ancient song.
PETER DAVIS | new work
14 March - 12 April
Water and pigment has held a lifetime fascination for Peter Davis, and the sea too. That has always been close. Davis's present studio is by the sea in Shetland, facing west and for many years he has studied its never-ending play of water and light.
Peter Davis' approach, with its methodology and experimentation, is both scientific and artistic, but it is the artistry that we remember most. The miricle of something so vast, captured in a small framed object, is a wonder that makes Davis one of the most innovative masters of the watercolour medium anywhere.
Catalogue
Christopher Wood | Ancient Songs
'How extraordinary and changing the seen world is..'
Our next publication is just back from the printers, celebrating Christopher Wood's lastest works.
Kilmorack Gallery
Inverness-shire
IV4 7AL
01463 783 230
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