Martin S. Laird

Artist | film-maker | animator

Tag: Magnus Erlendsson

  • St Magnus International Festival 2025

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    It was my great pleasure to act as official photographer for the 2025 St Magnus International Festival. Here you can see a selection of my favourite pictures from the 18 performances I attended. Performances took places throughout Orkney, but the primary concert venue was of course the magnificent setting of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.…

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    Martin Laird
    Sandstone columns in St Magnus Cathedral illuminated by sunlight through stained glass. Dark blue and purple lit Cathedral with bright streaks of colour.

  • Dimittit In Artes premiere

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    Vernon Bradley: Dimittit In Artes – premiere A new film by Martin Laird about fellow Orkney-based artist Vernon Bradley will premiere on Friday the 7th of June 2024 in Stromness Community Centre, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased on the door. The film is entitled Dimittit In Artes, which is part of…

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    Martin Laird
    Vernon Bradley: Dimittit In Artes, a film by Martin Laird. Vernon faces off against a skull-faced psychopomp. Both are wearing berets. Desaturated except for the colour red which dominates a painting by Vernon Bradley in the background. Film premiere poster. Friday 7th June 2024, Stromness Community Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 on the door. One person will win one of Vernon's paintings.

  • The Miracle of Bishop William the Old

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    Black and white India ink drawing of Bishop William the Old experiencing a miracle of Magnus the Martyr. William suddenly loses and regains his sight, and becomes convinced in Magnus’ saintly nature. By Orcadian artist Martin Laird.

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    Martin Laird
    Bishop William the Old miraculously loses and regains his sight. Black and white india ink drawing showing Bishop William stretching his hands up towards God. Behind him the skeletal visage of Saint Magnus removes his hands from William's eyes.

  • Pilgrimage to Egilsay

    Pilgrimage to Egilsay Egilsay is a small, sparsely populated island in Orkney, where the people seem to be heavily outnumbered by the horse-flies. There are a few small farms which face an uncertain future as Brexit threatens the EU farming subsidies they depend on for survival. Part of Egilsay is a protected habitat for the…

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    Martin Laird
    Reflections of light rippling on the shallow beach on Egilsay, with clumps of seaweed visible. Rousay in the background blurred by depth of field.