Little Bernera
oil on canvas
51 x 51 cm
Can be seen at The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
'Delightful it would be on the breast of an island on a rocky clifftop, from there I could often ponder the calm of the ocean. I'd see her heavy billows on glittering surface, as they sang thus to their Father in eternal surging. I'd see her smooth clean bays and beaches (no mournful meeting); I'd hear the call of wondrous seabirds, a cry of gladness. I'd hear the thunder of the breakers against the headlands, I'd hear a clamour beside the graveyard, the sound of the ocean. I'd see her noble birdflocks on the teeming ocean; I'd see her whales, the greatest of all wonders.'
(translation of 12th century poem, Meallach Liom Bheith i n-Ucht Oiléin, placed 'in the mouth of' Colum Cille (McLeod & Bateman (eds.) 2007))
51 x 51 cm
Can be seen at The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
'Delightful it would be on the breast of an island on a rocky clifftop, from there I could often ponder the calm of the ocean. I'd see her heavy billows on glittering surface, as they sang thus to their Father in eternal surging. I'd see her smooth clean bays and beaches (no mournful meeting); I'd hear the call of wondrous seabirds, a cry of gladness. I'd hear the thunder of the breakers against the headlands, I'd hear a clamour beside the graveyard, the sound of the ocean. I'd see her noble birdflocks on the teeming ocean; I'd see her whales, the greatest of all wonders.'
(translation of 12th century poem, Meallach Liom Bheith i n-Ucht Oiléin, placed 'in the mouth of' Colum Cille (McLeod & Bateman (eds.) 2007))
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