Thank you to all of the wonderful people who showed artworks in the gallery in 2023:

Martin Laird; Jade Stout; Becs Boyd; Margaret Quinn; Hugh Hamilton; Louise Martin and Peter Brown had a joint exhibition; Meg Telfer curated a show with Ingrid Budge, Michael Bullen, Don Clarke, Katherine Diaper, Rhona Grahame, Susan Kirkup, Suzie MacKenzie, Fiona Sanderson, Alec Webster and Ian Wilson; Vernon Bradley; Ian Wilson; Giuliana Criscuolo; Magdalena Choluj curated a show with Ingrid Budge, Rebecca Marr, Cat Moore, Robin Palmer and Frances Scot; Alison Clark; Patty Boonstra; Fiona Sanderson curated a show with Calum Macauley, Tim Deakin, Isaac and Len Wilson; Jeanne Bouza Rose; Rebecca Marr curated a show with Ingrid Budge, Alison Moore, Ami Robb, Dawn Stevens and Sarah Wylie; Liza Green curated a show with artworks from 22 Edge Textile Artists Scotland; Samantha Clark; Shona Firth; Mark Summers showed work by Hamnavoe Bookbinders of Stromness; MarionYorston; Jude Nixon; The Fair Saturday team of Fiona Graham, Martin Laird and Sue Knowles; George Logan.

Their posters were in the windows from 11th December until 6th January.

From 11th December there were some more Santas from Catriona Matheson's collection in the windows; this year we have played with the idea of Santas in bottles...

Photographs

Images from the Orchard series, Monorgan, Carse of Gowrie, and a series of Clouds and Narcissi.

George Logan

26th November - 10th December 2023

Scotland has a long tradition of growing and cultivating fruit trees, going back to when the 

monasteries were landowners and producers. When Boswell and Johnson recorded their Journey to the Western Isles (1773) travelling across a large portion of Scotland, they highlighted those landowners who nurtured their own orchards (seen perhaps as a sign of enlightenment and being progressive, especially not long after the 45' rebellion).

This body of work documents the now remnant orchards in the Carse of Gowrie, between Perth and Dundee that was a major producer in the 19th century.

The clouds are from a few largely rain free days on the Isle of Rùm. So easy to take for granted but our awareness of the weather and climate has never been greater and now much more than a daily talking point.

www.scottish-photography.co.uk

The Strawplaiters of Orkney

An exhibition, which was part of the Fair Saturday Scotland Festival in collaboration with Orkney Rape and Sexual Assault Service (ORSAS), a Book launch with author Fiona Grahame and a Straw plait workshop with Sue Knowles

13th - 25th November 2023 

The working lives of women and girls were explored in a Book Week Scotland series of events in Stromness following the publication of a new book ‘The Strawplaiters of Orkney’ by Fiona Grahame and published by Orkney News Ltd. Author Fiona Grahame said:

“Thousands of women and girls were employed plaiting straw and making bonnets for export. Stromness, as a major port, was a hub for this industry but it spread throughout Orkney.”

“What happened to the people who had relied on this industry when it suddenly collapsed? ‘The Strawplaiters of Orkney, follows the lives of the people involved and explores the reasons why it vanished so quickly.”

Contact: Fiona Grahame phone: 07851725012 email fionamgrahame@gmail.com

Ebb and Flow

Paintings, porcelain and hangings

Jude Nixon

28th October - 10th November 2023

Ebb and Flow was a solo exhibition showcasing paintings, porcelain and hangings by Jude Nixon. Jude is an Edinburgh based artist whose practice focuses on the liminal space between land and water. These are spaces which are marked and scarred by continual movement and change with boundaries constantly formed and reformed. The exhibition explored the elemental power of shore-lines and the inscriptions and marks that stem from their movement and journey. In addition, the work reflected on questions of transience, loss, memory and lament.

Email: nixon.judith1@gmail.com

Website: Judenixon.co.uk

Instagram: @nixon.judith1