TRAIGH A MHILL/BAY OF THE LUMP

Palindromic landscape

East looking west/West Looking East, 9 colour screenprint

Focuses subjectively from one direction, on the personal associations of memory and sensory response to a certain heathland/shoreline region on the ISle of Mull. From the other antithetical viewpoint, it details objective, topographical, geological, meteorological and environmental particulars of the same area

Palindromos: Running back again (Greek) 

Many of the books I have produced employ a palindromic or dual form. As well as representing the physical landscape from two diametrically opposite viewpoints, they portray texts or concepts, interpretable from contrasting perspectives, often subjectively following one approach and objectively the other. 

Most of these investigations depict my responses to the landscape of Scotland, particularly the Hebridean Island of Mull. This is a place of stark yet sublime beauty and an area I have found deeply inspiring since childhood. 

Tide/Edit comprises of two continuous sequential courses or cycles. Read as Tide, the book covers a brief theory of tides and tide tables. Viewed as Edit, it a more personal interpretation of the tidal influences, describing various, mythological and fictitious characteristics.

Traigh Mhill, East looking west/West Looking East, focuses introspectively from one direction, on the personal associations of memory and sensory response to a certain heathland/shoreline region. From the other antithetical viewpoint, I detail more objective, topographical, geological, meteorological and environmental particulars of the area.

More recent Artists Book and Multiple projects have included the series Jettison, investigating the crash of a Tornado Jet, near the sight of Torness nuclear power station in southeast Scotland. Jettison 1: reflecting an official manual or report, details the flight crash investigations and documents wreckage salvaged from the shore close to the crash site. Jettison 2: constructed as a flip book and accompanying boxed wreckage multiple, portrays the final flight path of the jet, from one course, and the ejector seat rotation and motion from the other.

With a few offset-litho exceptions, the majority of my books are screen printed at Edinburgh Printmakers, employing various experimental materials and both traditional and digital print processes.