I recently went to Norfolk for my annual session working in Michael Horn's studio; but I had lost my mojo, painted like a drain and left early, the first time the magic of Michael and his studio has not worked. I wont even show here my working … [Read more]
Faroese Fields: ancient, modern and natural?
Out of personal curiosity I was interested to see what sorts of fields existed in the Faroe Islands. Most of the landscape proved to be unenclosed pasture, grazed by countless sheep. Fenced, and in some cased walled, fields were in use around farms … [Read more]
Nolsoy
Nolsoy is an island about 20 minutes by ferry east of Torshavn. It is renowned as the island time forgot, for there is little development, though most of the houses are modern, and almost no traffic. One or two vehicles are used to haul stuff to and … [Read more]
The Faroes: notes on insular landscape
The islands consist very much of a series of spectacular landscapes containing mountains, steep slopes, cascading waterfalls, fiords - and no trees. Sheep graze everywhere on the lower slopes and present, as we were warned and duly found out, the … [Read more]
More than a place-name in a shipping forecast
The Faroe Islands are the latest, and perhaps the last, of the northern European islands to be visited during a very conscious personal quest over many years. Weighed down with information about the weather there, we went in May with scarves, gloves … [Read more]
Ships at Orford and Sutton Hoo
This post revisits two favourite sites. When in Orford I usually visit St Bartholomew's church if only to look at my favourite graffiti - ships scratched on to medieval fabric (they were of course actually scratched on to lime-wash covering the … [Read more]
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