As I settle into the Lewis landscape and feel into exactly how I’d like to work with it, within my practice, I am a working with the cyanotype process exploring the Lewis sun-light as a drawing medium.

Cyanotype, often called “blueprint” is a process whereby specially mixed chemical ink is brushed onto the paper and then the image is created by carefully laying botanical specimens or objects onto the paper under direct Hebridean sunlight, here on the island.

When the objects are removed and the image is submerged into water the paper turns a cyan blue colour, leaving an imprint of the natural objects in much the same way as an experience may leave an imprint in our consciousness, as a memory. Initially I was drawn to using this process in a very simple, pared down way, carefully composing a repetitive number of botanical specimens. More recently, I have started to bring my love of mixed media into the work. Watch this space. I am still exploring.

Please see my blog ” Bog Cotton-A Journey into Cyanotypes” for more details about this work.

The Callanish Stones are such an iconic landmark on Lewis and a place I love to spend time. In this image I wanted to move away from the many steriotypical images of the stones and portray them as an interconnected line of dancing calligraphic marks. This is a limited edition, hand printed screenprint.