RECENT WORK
RECENT WORK
As you can see, my work is veering about all over the place, not sure who or what I am chasing. If I’m even alive. As blessed, as is cursed…. Things are getting better…
But I am confused … And often angry…
How this art expresses that I don’t know.
Of course I am worried for the World… The weather, the birds, the trees and the way water is flowing…
They’re as confused as I…
Perhaps you know exactly what you’re doing. If that is the case ;then, well done!
MULTIMEDIA_______________________________ ARTIST________________________
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___MUSICIAN & BAND PHOTOGRAPHY
I have been taking photos of Scotlands musicians for over a decade. My aim is to work with artists on concepts that reflect not only their music but also heighten their artistic vision to convey their art effectively and with force. I consider myself very lucky to have worked with so many talented people, from straight up hard-core Gàidheil-trad, to experimental new age Ethno-Techno and everything in between. I have been part of the wallpaper of the Scottish Music scene since the late 90’s…
AWARD WINNING
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_______LANDSCAPE Photography
My photography forms the fieldwork for my deeper, creative output. I seek locations and experiences that other people might disregard as folly. There is always something meaningful to unearth and capture. In these places I hear the rhythms of the past; the thumping monotone beat of my children’s future.
_______Design
Over the decades I have designed and printed thousands of things. CD’s, Vinyl, T-shirts, Books, Posters. I have designed over a 140 album covers.
SOMHAIRLE M S MACDHÒMHNAILL
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My art work has taken on a strange character of late, I have no meaningful language to describe what is happening currently, i have an exhibition next summer in ullapool.
My other work in photography and graphic design has been going great guns and has been using up a lot of my creative bandwidth. All other creative efforts have been put into playing bass and drums in Croft No Five… Hoping to get a power of painting done during the winter and re-write all my schblk to reflect where I stand now.
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•NB •My art work has taken on a strange character of late, I have no meaningful language to describe what is happening currently, i have an exhibition next summer in ullapool.
THE LAIRD OF FCKNG NOWHERE
Series Description:
laird /lɛːd/ noun (in Scotland) a person who owns a large estate. Scotland is experiencing a property crisis, the cost of living is so high and wages so low that few millennials or gen z’ers have any hope of ever finding a permanent home. In the highlands of Scotland (where I come from) the dream of being able to move home is so remote with even derelict buildings often being out of reach financially. In the central belt, where most of the population reside the social housing schemes that were built in the 1960 and 70’s are falling into dis-repair whilst rents remain high, often controlled by unscrupulous corporate landlords. This photo series aims to illustrate this social dystopia by exploring the fringes of place and our sense of belonging. The humans in these pictures may not be instantly recognisable but their stories are hidden in plain sight.
FOLKUMENTAIRES - MUSIC VIDEOS - ABSTRACT ART MONTAGES
MUSIC…
Music has been a big part of my creative process since adolescence. Being the Bass Fingers in Ethno Funk pioneers Croft N• Five gave me some fairly invaluable life experience. Though it could never be said that we were big or successful, we did grace stages across the world, from the Albert Hall, to New York to the Coigach Dance and Abriachan Village Hall. Music and poetry continue to form a large component of my visual work. Just take a look at the names of some of my paintings. I still endeavour to create music when the impetuous strikes me. Hap Hazard and wildly varying in quality, my music has always been a massive part of my expressive output. Another avenue of flow, a place to retreat, a sanctuary.
CROFT NO FIVE 2024/25…
The Croft grew up on the ridge north of LochNess, An Aird, through a tight knit group of friends who in some cases have known each other since being toddlers. Our first big gig was The Royal Albert Hall when we were 16 and called Dryzabone… We toured the world and the rural backwaters of the northwest highlands through the late nineties and early two thousands, building a small, but fervent base of followers. We persist to this day, despite long periods of being broken up, turns out life long friendship, sticking together through thick and thin and remaining true to our ramshackle nature does indeed enhance musical performance. Our records are mid at best, but given the right conditions our gigs can transcend to legendary happenings. It happened back then… and it’s still happening now.
