Holy Isle Artist

Seat No3 - West, Mountain Cloud - December 2010

On the top of the mountain, I dug a circle overlooking

the bay and carried scree from below to fill it.

Driftwood Structure No9, November 2010

A tall dome constructed out of the available driftwood on this stretch
of shore. Located on a bend with views of the Arran mountains to the west
and south towards the open sea and the Ayrshire coast. It was built
over a couple of bright sunny days and I perceived the dark space
inside like a womb.

Seat No1 - South, Rising Sun - November 2010

A large circle dug into the ground and filled with shale from the beach.
To symbolise purity and in Zen, a symbol of enlightenment. Also in my mind
was the full moon and of course, facing south, the sun.

Stone Sculpture No14, November 2010

A deep circular hole and a stack of stones. Not by

coincidence, my father had recently died and

internment was probably on my mind.

Stone and Mud Sculpture No2, July 2010

A large prominent boulder covered with peaty mud carried down from the loch
on the hill. It looked like oil when it was still wet but dried to a chalky grey skin
which cracked and crumbled and was finally washed away by the tides.

Stone and Sand Sculpture No1, July 2010

I found a place on the shore at low tide with sandy deposits and

covered a couple of boulders with a thin layer. It changed them, made

them appear 'soft' and 'warm'.

Driftwood Structure No8, September 2010

A hollowed-out space with a long timber post set into the stones,
encircled with a driftwood structural 'fence'. The space inside
was about two metres deep and roughly circular in shape.

Driftwood Structure No7, September 2010

I liked the idea of a sculpture that interacted with the tide. This one was built
at low tide and came alive when the sea surrounded it.

Stone Sculpture No13, September 2010

There was a flat plinth of rock in amongst the stones and I just
started stacking stones to see what would happen and
ended up with a simple circular structure.

Driftwood and Stone Sculpture No17, September 2010

Clay Sculpture No1, August 2010

Three hand formed balls made out of clay carried from the
shoreline and placed in the bed of the loch. It is the symmetrical
piece to the three ball sculpture made from the mud here
and taken down to the shore.

Mud Sculpture No3, August 2010

Three hand-sized balls of mud carried down from the loch and placed
on the black rock of the shore. There was something about moving material
from one place to another. The soft mud of the loch placed with the hard
rock of the same colour on the shore near to the action of the sea.