SPIRIT OF BEYOND : THE SHIANT ISLES
GAIRLOCH MUSEUM 3 JULY - 28 AUGUST 2021
The exhibition Spirit of Beyond : The Shiant Isles opened to the public on Saturday 3rd July, 2021, at Gairloch Museum (a winner of the Art Fund’s UK Museum of the Year 2020) and ran until 28th August, accompanied by an extensive programme of events throughout the summer at the Museum. Talks, workshops, book and poetry readings were planned around the work and inspired by the Shiant Isles, including an enchanting and fascinating talk given by Adam Nicolson, still available to view here (starts at 2:45).
The work was met with an incredibly positive UK-wide response and much of the work in the exhibition was sold, heading to new homes as far away as London and even to the US.
The book published to accompany and expand upon the exhibition seemed to resonate in a remarkable way, with great enthusiasm and kind, unexpected support and appreciation from many artists and writers.
After numerous requests over the last 6 months for prints to be made available of some of the work, Giclée Fine Art Prints are now being made of some of the images from the exhibition. They can be found and ordered here.
“My sense of wonder is undimmed and my work continues to be inspired by the Shiants. I am hoping to return later this year. They still have so much to teach me and I feel as if I’ve only begun to scratch the surface of the stories they have to tell.”
Toll a’ Roimh, watercolour 38 cm x 57 cm
New work 2022
A book, with a moving foreword by Adam Nicolson, was produced to accompany the exhibition and comprises the entire collection of work inspired by the Isles - the drawings, watercolours and photographs, only a selection of which were featured in the exhibition. More information can be found here.
It is available to order through this website and is sold through a select number of independent bookshops in Scotland, including An Lanntair Arts centre, Stornoway, Gairloch Museum, Gairloch, The Bookmark, Grantown-on-Spey and Carmina Gadelica Bookshop in Portree on Skye.
A few of the images from the exhibition and book have been selected to be made available as signed, Limited Edition Fine Art Prints (Giclées) from January 2022. More information here.
THE EXHIBITION
