'Painting the Peats' began as a project two summers ago when my family and I helped our crofter friend Chris Spears stack his peats at his peat bank on North Uist. The experience resulted in a series of ink and wash studies combining working figures in the Hebridean landscape and these were then developed into oil paintings.
This coming week I will be returning to the Outer Hebrides to coincide with the cutting of next year's peat and to observe, draw and photograph the crofter at work. I will also take the opportunity to record something of his Saturday shift as the local postman.
During the month of August I am going to be based on the Island of Berneray, Chris's home, where I plan to develop this new work in a 'Painting the Peats Studio' which will be open to visitors who are interested in observing this process and who would like to see some of the work in progress.
Look out for a forthcoming journal/blog 'Cutting the Peats' where I hope to produce some visual documents of my journey north and of the crofter at work.
This coming week I will be returning to the Outer Hebrides to coincide with the cutting of next year's peat and to observe, draw and photograph the crofter at work. I will also take the opportunity to record something of his Saturday shift as the local postman.
During the month of August I am going to be based on the Island of Berneray, Chris's home, where I plan to develop this new work in a 'Painting the Peats Studio' which will be open to visitors who are interested in observing this process and who would like to see some of the work in progress.
Look out for a forthcoming journal/blog 'Cutting the Peats' where I hope to produce some visual documents of my journey north and of the crofter at work.
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