Tag: Christmas
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Ship of Fools Christmas Show
I am honoured to be among the artists featured at the 2024 Christmas Show at the Ship of Fools gallery on Bridge Street in Kirkwall. Some of my more lighthearted cartoons are on show (and for sale), alongside a variety of work by artists from Orkney and further afield. The show also features work by…
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The Ba
The Ba is a game of street football with few rules, and an indeterminate number of players, which takes place in Kirkwall on Chrismas Day and New Years’s Day every year. The game is overseen by committee, and tactics are carefully considered by the teams in advance. For the 2020 festive season the Ba committee…
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Someone Else’s Head
Someone else’s head Someone else’s head is a screen print of St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney. It is in two halves, which are partially mirrored but not the same. Each half contains one colour that the other does not. St. Magnus Cathedral is juxtaposed with a neolithic skull and paint splatters. The meaning of…
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