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Mrs Baikie of Tankerness, after a portrait by Stanley Cursiter

Mrs Baikie of Tankerness

Drawing of HMS Pheasant, an Admiralty M-class Destroyer, with a mine

HMS Pheasant

Cataclysmic climate change? Just roll with it! The all-new Toyanka Wastelander. Gas-guzzling SUV driver throws rubbish at a walker while potentially fatally close-passing a cyclist.

The all-new Toyanka Wastelander

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm poster - official selection for the Scottish Short Film Festival 2019

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm – watch on YouTube

Dramatic clouds over Hoy, seen from the ferry from Moaness to Houton.

Photographs of Hoy

poster for A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm, the story of the Orcadian Woman's Suffrage Society. Showing at the Phoenix Cinema in the Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall, alongside selected films from 5th to 11th of March.

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm premiere

Still from A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm, the animated story of the Orcadian Woman's Suffrage Society, showing artist Stanley Cursiter with Phyllis Hourston

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm – Stanley Cursiter & Phyllis Hourston

Two pigs in yellow vests beating up a black sheep which a grinning skeleton in a top hat looks on. Gammon is Great.

Gammon is Great

A view of Stromness from Cairston with the setting sun glowing behind a gap inteh clouds behind the hills of Hoy.

Stromness

St Andrew is crucified on a saltire. A Roman legionary says "He said a crucifix was too good for him", to which another replies "Christ Almighty!". An evil cherubic Britannia hovers over Andrew with a trident and Union-flag shield. Caption reads "The Patron Saint of Cringe."

The Patron Saint of Cringe

Woman's Suffrage: A Work in Progress. Artwork from the upcoming animated short "A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm." Exhibition at the Northlight Gallery in Stromness from December 1st to 6th.

Woman’s Suffrage: A Work in Progress