Northlight Gallery
Looking North - Orkney Birds
In the Gallery
Looking North - Orkney Birds
Judith Hudson née Easton 1942 - 2019
16th March - 1st April 2024
From her early life in the south of England, Judith migrated further and further north, eventually settling on her beloved island of Hoy. She spent her day at her painting bench, under a northerly facing window, closely observing the many species of birds living on the island or migrating onwards. It was from here she translated her deep understanding of their forms, movements and colour into her artwork.
The proceeds from this exhibition are to be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland.
Three Makers In The Windows
In the Windows
Three Makers
Catriona Matheson, Mary Smith & Annita Taylor
25th February - 12th March 2024
Passersby enjoyed felt pictures, embroidery, prints and small felt animals made by three local creatives.
Sarah Keast prints
In the Windows
Sarah Keast
Prints on the theme of Navigation
8th - 24th February 2024
The works in the windows are early explorations on the theme of navigation, loss and finding the way. The compass rose and traverse board are both historical navigation aids based on artefacts from Stromness Museum. The raven was used by early sailors as an aid to navigation. Ravens were kept in cages on board and if the boat became lost they were released one at a time and the boat crew hoped that they would fly towards land and the boat aimed to follow the direction taken by the birds when all other options were lost. ‘Leviathan’ was an image arising from Sarah’s research into the grim history of whaling.
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Rebecca Marr Cloud Studies
In the Windows
Rebecca Marr
Cloud Studies
22nd January - 7th February 2024
The print illustrating Rebecca’s ‘Cloud Studies’ on this page is of Altocumulus of the floccus variety photographed from Stromness in October 2023.
Rebecca says “I like my cloudscapes to be without any landmarks, I don’t want scale to be part of it. I want to enjoy the formations of the clouds, the shapes and compositions of the sky. Big prints freed from the recognisability of horizon and colour, so you can just study the clouds and get lost in them.”
Now You See Her
In the Windows
Cary Welling
Images from the series called ‘Now you See Her’
6th - 22nd January 2024
These prints were derived from tiny electrostatic carbon photographs made some time ago. The title alludes to the difficulty of seeing lips, the subject of the images, especially close up.
Cary’s research projects all involve what can be seen, shown or invented by the simple use of unmanipulated photography. The subject matter has frequently been lips, to investigate the invention of ‘personality’ by cropping, angle of view, tone, scale etc. Separately, and occasionally at the same time, she produced images with large ‘dots’ by a variety of image making processes: traditional analogue, photo mechanical, digital and in this case electrostatic carbon. Seeing what these images are of takes some effort on the part of the viewer, hopefully alerting them to their active participation in looking at photographs. Which sounds a little dry, some projects are just for fun - giant digital photographs composed of one pixel per inch where the subject is only visible at a great distance.