A force of nature

When I moved to Aberdeen in 1985 to study Medicine the first poster that I bought was from Aberdeen Art Gallery. It was this wonderful painting ‘Brother and sister’ painted by Joan Eardley in 1955:

I had this poster in student halls and then in my flat:

The Courier of 15 May 2021 had a wonderful article celebrating the life and work of Joan Eardley [1921-1963]

Tuesday last would have been Joan Eardley’s hundredth birthday.


A few years ago I visited Hospitalfield with  my wife Sian and made this short film:

A whole Gothic world had come to grief:

To play this film please click here or on the image above.


Brother and Sister

[to play this short film please click here or on the image above]


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