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Last week in Iceland
It’s been a busy final week in Iceland. We had an open studio day at Listhus to celebrate the June residency which went really well. I just left my studio as it was with everything I had made in the […]
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Week 3 in Olafsfjordur
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Fish printing
I was given a trout caught in the lake in Olafsfjordur this weekend and I thought I would try and take a print from it. It was quite difficult, the oily fish resisted the relief ink which was quite heavy. […]
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Studio at the end of week 2 in Olafsfjordur
Here are some of the drawings and prints I have made over the last week in response to the landscape around Olafsfjordur and my trip to the Arctic Cirle. My studio at Listhus is gradually filling up as I hang […]
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Journey to the Arctic Circle
On Friday I took the ferry to Grimsey Island, which is 3 hours by boat North of mainland Iceland. The weather was fantastic and I was able to hike all around the small island in the 4 hours I had […]
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Lake Myvatn
Yesterday I went on a brilliant day tour of Lake Myvatn with Saga. I caught an early bus from Olafsfjordur to Akureyri and Gifli my guide for the day picked me up from the bus stop. The fist place we […]
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Day 5 in Olafsfjordur
Here are a few new prints and some images of Olafsfjordur from yesterday and today. I went on a walk along the coast yesterday morning with some of the other Listhus artists and the mountains were covered in cloud. Today […]
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Akureyri, Horse Riding, Olafsfjordur and a Herring Museum
It has been a busy few days as I travelled north to Olafsfjordur. I spent two nights in Akureyri, the largest city in Iceland after Reykjavik. I used my day there to ride an Icelandic horse at a nearby farm. […]
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Flight to Akureyri
Views from the plane on my flight to Akureyri. Most of the interior of Iceland is still covered in snow. I took two flights to get to Akureyri so I had a really good view of Iceland from the air.
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Drawings II
My residency at Skaftfell has now finished and I am travelling on to Akureyri tomorrow. Here are more drawings that I have made during my time in Seyðisfjordur. It has been quite a challenge to draw outdoors here and many […]
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Drawings
Here are some of the drawings I have made at Skaftfell so far. I am trying to record both the larger features of the landscape as well as the small details such as the vegetation and the different textures of […]
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Seyðisfjordur
On Friday I flew from Reykjavik to Egilsstadir in the East of Iceland. From there I caught the bus to Seydisfjordur, which is a beautiful and remote port town with a big community of artists. I am based at Skaftfell […]