Cancelled trip to Stroma

Another cancelled boat trip over to Stroma this weekend, I guess that’s to be expected at this time of year but I was hoping for a break in the weather having had tropical

weather only a few weeks ago.

I headed over to the east side to visit my favourite spot with friends instead. Berriedale has everything you’d want for a Sunday day out, a nice cafe, beautiful, quiet, sheltered scenery and a nice selection of stones to choose from. I took a few photos and went home to sketch them.

I am trying to take real notice of what it is I like about my art and keep coming back to high contrast and monochromatic imagery. I want to add more colour into my work but having not taken art as a subject at school and had little formal tuition at Edinburgh College of Art before joining the jewellery department, I still have a lot to learn. In the meantime, drawing with small elements of colour will suffice.

Another favourite image is this view, the approach to my house. My friend calls it ‘Ferm-core-nur’ (the place where all phonecalls are received and turns in the road are made). We have many neighbouring crows and despite disliking them as a kid, I have come to notice their displays of quiet partnership when sitting together on each lampshade along the road, I like to think they have a close sense of family.

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Line sheet for retail stone jewellery

If you have an interest in getting me to make you an item with your own stone, below are the most popular designs that I make. The price is the same as for my own shop collection with the exception of working with tricky stones, where a surcharge of £20 will be added, but I’d confirm that first😊 I have lots of information about how to pick the right stone on my website page titled ‘Info on picking stones’. Please send me a message first and I’ll tell you where to post your stones.

Sunday sketchbook tour at John O’Groats

I took a small group of artists out for a sketchbook class one Sunday and we settled at John O’Groats harbour. Thankfully it was unseasonably warm which made the whole experience very pleasant for outdoor drawing in March (from this photo you will see we dressed for the expected temperature but we were able to sit comfortably for 2 hours) This is the north of Scotland after all, who doesn’t come dressed with woolly hats and fingerless gloves at this time of year! A collaboration between John O’groats Mill Trust and Lyth Art Centre funded the project. The aim, to offer an architectural tour around the newly refurbished mill and surrounding area. The project was slightly behind schedule and therefore still technically a building site so we opted to not walk over to the mill as we’d have had to view it behind a tall fence at the path. It didn’t spoil our day though as we enjoyed tackling the colourful buildings of John O’groats with boats in the foreground. The island vie...

More Than A Half Life

I’ve been working in a new project called ‘More Than A Half Life’ which deal with nuclear heritage and I have until the end of May to have it completed. One of the main strands I’m concentrating on is the route to work. Dounreay workers not only travel from all over the county but also travel up and down from the south every week. Last week I took my bike out to cover the last ten miles of the route to photograph aspects of the view that many had mentioned to be their favourite part of their journey to work. Below is a link where you can purchase many of my photographs https://lindseygallacher.shootproof.com/gallery/24080380/

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