https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/links.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/about.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/otheritems.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gallery.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/news.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/tr-mo-rin-moorland-diary https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/page98111.html https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/photopolymer-etchings https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-mach-an-gleann-screenprints https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/paintings-from-field-sketches https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ars-navigare-2 https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/an-gleann https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-mach-an-gleann-paintings https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/astar-silver-gelatin-photographs https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/flock-of-snow-buntings1 https://images.on-this.website/16330_503812404516bcd0aae6e1.jpgflock of snow buntings oil on canvas 51 x 41 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/bragar-bullfinch https://images.on-this.website/16330_10243585184d667471aab80.jpgBragar bullfinch Oil on canvas 40 x 40cm A male bullfinch, a rare vagrant to this area. It began visiting my birdtable on 10th January when snow still lay on the ground, and continued to visit periodically until 24th Feb. My peatstack and sheep are in the background. The croft runs down towards the ocean. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/line-of-sheep-tmol https://images.on-this.website/16330_555749411516bcd12bbd0b.jpgline of sheep Tàmol oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm Can be seen at [url=www.rendezvous-gallery.co.uk]The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen[/url] https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ac9-sherds https://images.on-this.website/16330_107680686653de3cd7188a8.jpgSherds oil on canvas 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/an-talamh-briste-detail https://images.on-this.website/16330_20056125854d63e7af8d1f3.jpgAn Talamh Briste (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Feadan a' Chanaich (cotton-grass stream) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-phiuthrag https://images.on-this.website/16330_1850936975516d5dc494e5b.jpg‘Tha’m bainne mar dh’fhàg thu 'n-dè e’ 'The milk is as you left it yesterday'. Silver gelatin photograph with text from the song ‘A Phiùthrag ‘s a Phiuthar’. In some versions of this song a sister is trapped in a fairy hill: here she has been murdered on the shieling. ‘Sister, oh sister, are you able to rise? No, my love, I will never rise. The milk is as you left it yesterday, the cattle and calves are amongst each other, the dairymaid missing, the shepherd has not perished. My love was in charge of them. Young man with the gun, give attention to my tale: I assure you there is blood flowing from your shirt; it is not raven’s blood, nor deer’s blood, but the blood of the dairymaid, you killed her yesterday. A small sharp knife caused the injury, you let the blood from her veins, it cut her sinews, and there was a little baby in the crook of her arm.’ (words and translation from the sleeve notes of Margaret Stewart’s CD Togaidh mi mo Sheòlta). https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-mhor-curve https://images.on-this.website/16330_650268874516d5db86c615.jpg‘Nighean nan gamhna’ 'Girl of the year-old calves'. Silver gelatin photograph with text from a version of the song ‘Òran Tàlaidh an Each-Uisge’ (lullaby of the water-horse). A water-horse (or a fairy lover) exhorts the (mortal) mother of his son to return to her child, which she has abandoned on the hillside without food or shelter (words from ‘The Shieling: Its Traditions and Songs’ by Mrs Mackellar. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness 15. 1889) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/roiseal https://images.on-this.website/16330_65091160516d58f94f2e4.jpgRoiseal Screenprint 15 x 11cm 'I never enjoyed anything as much as the shieling' Kenneth Campbell (my father, Coinneach Isaac, Bradhagair), Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar archive. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/an-t-suil https://images.on-this.website/16330_630196689516d5de1d2ab9.jpg‘An t-sùil a thug an leanabh orm’ ‘The look the child gave me from the deep pool; I would rather than anything that he were on my knee’. Attributed to Mac an t-Srònaich (translation from Lewis: A History of the Island, by Donald Macdonald) Mac an t-Srònaich, who was the son of an innkeeper in Garve, Ross-shire, roamed the Lewis moorland in the early 19th century, receiving food and shelter from relatives on the island. He features in Lewis tradition as a notorious robber and murderer, although there is no official record of his committing any serious crime. His hideouts are pointed out in many locations, and stories of his crimes are familiar to generations of island children. The only murder he is said to have regretted is that of a child whom he drowned in a pool. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/garden-1 https://images.on-this.website/16330_1644611065528788dd9bf17.jpggarden 1 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm SOLD https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-phiuthrag-crop https://images.on-this.website/16330_1599408714516d6edc568eb.jpg‘Tha’m bainne mar dh’fhàg thu 'n-dè e’ 'The milk is as you left it yesterday'. Photopolymer etching with text from the song ‘A Phiùthrag ‘s a Phiuthar’. In some versions of this song a sister is trapped in a fairy hill: here she has been murdered on the shieling. ‘Sister, oh sister, are you able to rise? No, my love, I will never rise. The milk is as you left it yesterday, the cattle and calves are amongst each other, the dairymaid missing, the shepherd has not perished. My love was in charge of them. Young man with the gun, give attention to my tale: I assure you there is blood flowing from your shirt; it is not raven’s blood, nor deer’s blood, but the blood of the dairymaid, you killed her yesterday. A small sharp knife caused the injury, you let the blood from her veins, it cut her sinews, and there was a little baby in the crook of her arm.’ (words and translation from the sleeve notes of Margaret Stewart’s CD Togaidh mi mo Sheòlta). https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/s-ann-air-feadan-let https://images.on-this.website/16330_19679842864d651f77c2b44.jpg'‘S ann air Feadan Leìt a bha an airigh againn' Screenprint 58 x 42cm ‘S ann air Feadan Leìt a bha an airigh againn: 'Our shieling was on Feadan Leìt'. 'When you woke in the morning and saw the sun coming in, you wouldn’t wish to get up. The air was so clean and you could look out and see the loch in front of the shieling. You might see ducks, and you would hear grouse. When you were on your own there, you never saw a better place. When you went to bed you would hear the birds singing, and that was a pass-time in itself.' Iain Campbell (Iain Ailean, Bradhagair), Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar archive. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/garden-2 https://images.on-this.website/16330_5218684005287893c91fd0.jpggarden 2 oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gheall https://images.on-this.website/16330_191441532516d5df8deeb7.jpg‘Gheall mo leannan dhòmhsa cìr’ 'My lover promised me a comb'. Silver gelatin photograph with text from the song ‘Ille Bhig, 'ille Bhig Shunndaich Ò’, recorded from Christina Macpherson of Scalpay, Harris by Donald Archie Macdonald, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, in 1963. ‘This is a fairy song. It was said to have been composed by a girl who was in love with a water-horse. As the song describes, he was killed by her brothers. The song lists some of the gifts he had promised to give the girl’ (www.tobarandualchais.co.uk, Track ID: 79470) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/linne-bugha-gherraidh-an-an https://images.on-this.website/16330_21383174994d63e7f5a4ffb.jpgLinne Bugha Gheàrraidh ‘an an Duibh (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Linne Bugha Gheàrraidh ‘an an Duibh: 'the pool at the bow-shaped bend in the river at the pasture of 'an an Duibh'. 'An an Duibh can be translated as 'Iain son of dark Iain', or may have some other meaning. My family's peat-banks are in this area, NB 3045. The 'A-mach an gleann' project grew as a response to the realisation that names such as this can easily be forgotten as land-use changes and familiarity with and understanding of the land is lost. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/machair-skylarks https://images.on-this.website/16330_8209567514dc970b5d8790.jpgmachair skylarks Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Autumn, Bragar machair. SOLD https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/cropping-plan https://images.on-this.website/16330_394135152516d6453a327a.jpgfamily photo 1 Photopolymer etching 20 x 20cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gheall-crop https://images.on-this.website/16330_869071542516d6977d17ce.jpg‘Gheall mo leannan dhòmhsa cìr’ 'My lover promised me a comb'. Photopolymer etching with text from the song ‘Ille Bhig, 'ille Bhig Shunndaich Ò’, recorded from Christina Macpherson of Scalpay, Harris by Donald Archie Macdonald, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, in 1963. ‘This is a fairy song. It was said to have been composed by a girl who was in love with a water-horse. As the song describes, he was killed by her brothers. The song lists some of the gifts he had promised to give the girl’ (www.tobarandualchais.co.uk, Track ID: 79470) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/dunlin-and-bog-cotton https://images.on-this.website/16330_19386135704dc970a93d680.jpgdunlin and bog-cotton Oil on canvas 40.5 x 50.5cm About 40% of British dunlin nest on the Lewis peatlands. This was sketched in the central peatlands, close to my family's shieling. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/september-machair https://images.on-this.website/16330_4643198024d5964b7b14c0.jpgSeptember machair Oil on canvas 30 x 40cm Rams tethered on the machair in late September. Machair is low-lying land close to the coast, formed of wind-blown sand. The area of machair in Bragar is quite small, but it is still cultivated in the traditional way: it is one of the few places in Lewis and Harris where stooks of oats, rye and barley can be seen in autumn. By mid-October it is cleared of crops and the village sheep are allowed to graze freely on it. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/am-biadh https://images.on-this.website/16330_2075483912516d642bd1d8d.jpg'am biadh a th'aig na flùirean' Photopolymer etching 25 x 20cm Based on 'An Uiseag', The Skylark, by Peter Campbell, Pàdruig Tharmoid Chaluim, Bradhagair. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/starlings https://images.on-this.website/16330_896205750528789af61af9.jpgstarlings oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.5 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/grannies https://images.on-this.website/16330_1266605553516d647027ccc.jpgfamily photo 2 Photopolymer etching 20 x 20cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/reed-buntings https://images.on-this.website/16330_78400802952878a206e895.jpgreed buntings, Beanntan Bharabhais reed buntings 51 x 41cm With Loch Grinneabhat and the Barvas Hills behind. Not for sale https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/terns https://images.on-this.website/16330_2866962904fc37834dfd1b.jpgterns Oil on canvas 50.5 x 50.5 cm Terns at the beach at Dalmore. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/goldfinch-study-2 https://images.on-this.website/16330_15334246095147199abb9e0.jpggoldfinch study 2 oil on canvas 51 x 51 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/img6265 https://images.on-this.website/16330_10140274150f1a506ac276.jpga flock of starlings Oil on canvas 40 x 40cm Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/photo39644669.html https://images.on-this.website/16330_21102163485d6a91ab7037e.jpgan gleann https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/an-gleann-detail https://images.on-this.website/16330_8390792155d6a910a6e276.jpgan gleann (detail) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/chuala https://images.on-this.website/16330_1068078585516d6447ca21d.jpgchuala mise 'n uiseag Photopolymer etching 20 x 20cm Based on 'An Uiseag', The Skylark, by Peter Campbell, Pàdruig Tharmoid Chaluim, Bradhagair. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/goldfinch-study-1 https://images.on-this.website/16330_155929465851471994adb98.jpggoldfinch study 1 oil on canvas 51 x 41 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gulls-cunndal https://images.on-this.website/16330_3757582314dc970af11935.jpggulls Cunndal Oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.5cm Gulls seen from the cliffs above. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/chunnacas-bata-snamh-a-chaolais https://images.on-this.website/16330_62531917651b03a4340cb9.jpgThig an t-eathar seo a-màireach 'The boat will arrive here tomorrow' Lazertran on handmade paper 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/goldfinch-study-3 https://images.on-this.website/16330_1869554168514719a165ba0.jpggoldfinch study 3 oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/sheep-and-sherds-405-x https://images.on-this.website/16330_139905356650f1a6e03c178.jpgwindowsill, sheep oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.5 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/sweet-peas-sherds-and-bullfinch https://images.on-this.website/16330_200955802150f1a6f32a9a6.jpgsweet peas, sherds and bullfinch oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Can be seen at [url=www.rendezvous-gallery.co.uk]The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen[/url] https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ac11-buntings-tmol https://images.on-this.website/16330_2787381053de3dc850410.jpgBuntings Tàmol oil on canvas 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/days-of-joy https://images.on-this.website/16330_2342618384d641393526b6.jpg'days of joy' Screenprint 58 x 42cm The quote is from 'Lewis Shielings' by Donald Macdonald, The Review of Scottish Culture (ROSC) No 1, 1984. The inset photograph is of my aunt Dolina, taken on the Lewis moor. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ac12-flock-of-dunlin https://images.on-this.website/16330_209126528453de3e5302b7e.jpgFlock of Dunlin oil on canvas 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/early-summer-vagrant-61-x https://images.on-this.website/16330_143000470050f1a69cd4219.jpg11th May, redstart oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm A rare visitor to my garden. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/cha-robh-cail https://images.on-this.website/16330_760628300516d58e2d01c2.jpg'Cha robh càil air an àirigh ach sàmhchar' Screenprint 15 x 11cm 'There was peace and quietness all around the shieling' Kenneth Campbell (Coinneach Isaac, Bradhagair), Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar archive. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/na-clachan-snteag-detail https://images.on-this.website/16330_4303438554d63e7bf39db4.jpgNa Clachan Sìnteag (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Na Clachan Sìnteag (the stepping stones): a river crossing at NB 3047. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/turnstones https://images.on-this.website/16330_1428030083516bcd1797d2c.jpgturnstones oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5 cm Turnstones on the winter shoreline at Braigh Lèimisgeir https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/dunlin-on-the-tideline https://images.on-this.website/16330_7011401850f1a4ecdcf81.jpgdunlin on the tideline Oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ac10-buntings https://images.on-this.website/16330_34545217153de3d4b6d82f.jpgBuntings oil on canvas 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/am-buaile-405-x-405cm https://images.on-this.website/16330_148615758750f1a683b7e8d.jpgam buaile oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.5 cm A view of my sister's sheep. Not for sale https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/the-redstart https://images.on-this.website/16330_20719544864fc3783f04ddb.jpgthe redstart Oil on canvas 61 x 50.5 cm A redstart, a rare visitor to the croft. 11th May 2012. Can be seen at [url=www.rendezvous-gallery.co.uk]The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen[/url] https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/beinn-a-bhoghalan-detail https://images.on-this.website/16330_19231039614d63e7d4b4e30.jpgBeinn a' Bhoghalan (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm This hill, at NB 3538, is marked on maps as Beinn Mholach (rough/shaggy hill). It is called Beinn a' Bhoghalan on the west side of Lewis: the meaning of this name is unknown. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/calum-murdo https://images.on-this.website/16330_1544009767516d643c92f99.jpgCalum Murdo Photopolymer etching 10 x 20cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gheibh-sibh https://images.on-this.website/16330_1578582118516d5e0412c47.jpg‘Gheibh sibh mo chnàmhan sa ghlacaich’ 'You will find my bones in the hollow'. Silver gelatin photographs with text from the song ‘A Phiùthrag, a Rùin’ 'You have left me on a wild moorland, a rugged moorland with the rest seeking me. Little sister, my love and darling, you will set out early in the morning, and you will find my bones in the hollow.’ (Carmina Gadelica Vol V) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/tom-an-curve https://images.on-this.website/16330_1727172044516d5e0f43743.jpg‘Tom an Loch Sgeirich’ ‘The hillock at Loch Sgeireach, the hillock at Loch an Fheoir, but the third hillock and the last one, was the hillock where I was wounded.’ Attributed to a child chased and killed by Mac an t-Srònaich while crossing the moor. Mac an t-Srònaich, who was the son of an innkeeper in Garve, Ross-shire, roamed the Lewis moorland in the early 19th century, receiving food and shelter from relatives on the island. He features in Lewis tradition as a notorious robber and murderer, although there is no official record of his committing any serious crime. His hideouts are pointed out in many locations, and stories of his crimes are familiar to generations of island children. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/mol-an-tighe-luskentyre https://images.on-this.website/16330_127929166350f1a51bcc4ea.jpgMol an Tighe Luskentyre Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Near Luskentyre, Harris. Can be seen at Lochcroistean Coffee Shop, Uig, Lewis https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/an-canach-geal https://images.on-this.website/16330_15630044014d651f6f5d1e0.jpgAn canach geal Screenprint 58 x 42cm 'White cotton-grass like a beautiful banner spread over the moor' excerpt from 'Ged ’s Iomadh Ceum', by Calum Beag Macilleathain, Tàbost, Nis. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/the-bullfinch https://images.on-this.website/16330_11000000044d8faa1425f6e.jpgthe bullfinch Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm A bullfinch which visited my croft from 10th January until 24th February 2011. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/samhradh-cridheach https://images.on-this.website/16330_2123806904d651f855a874.jpgSamhradh cridheach Screenprint 58 x 42cm Samhradh cridheach, the e a' tighinn: 'a hearty summer, it is coming' echoes the call of the golden plover in early summer. 'Cha robh càil a-riamh a chòrd riumsa cho math ris an àirigh' translates as 'I never enjoyed anything as much as the shieling' Kenneth Campbell (my father, Coinneach Isaac, Bradhagair), Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar archive. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/winter-sheep-and-gulls https://images.on-this.website/16330_53123599950013eae2c824.jpgwinter sheep and gulls Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Sheep on Bragar machair. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/feasgar-samhradh https://images.on-this.website/16330_1001825283516d58f389eed.jpgfeasgar samhradh Screenprint 15 x 11cm 'Going to the shieling on a summer evening, coming within sight of Tom Mhicni' a fragment from an unknown source. Tom Mhicni is at NB 3240. The birds in the drawing are dunlin: over one third of the British population nest on the north Lewis moorland. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/lesser-bb-gull https://images.on-this.website/16330_82121297252878a920e36b.jpglesser black backed gull oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5cm With purple sandpipers in the background https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/photo8724076.html https://images.on-this.website/16330_16153877804d63e7a137d00.jpgAn Talamh Briste (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Moorland walk, 25th August 2006. Na Feadanan Gorma (the green/grassy streams) and Loch Leìt: asphodel, water lobelia, pale lilac butterwort, tiny moorland eyebright, silver pond-skaters, golden dragonflies, three stags and a line of sheep moving across Beinn a' Bearnaich. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/3-gulls-dalmore https://images.on-this.website/16330_7418059344dc9709dde463.jpg3 gulls Dalmore Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Gulls on the beach, sketched from the cliff-top. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/falbhaidh https://images.on-this.website/16330_2029974404516d5ded06290.jpg‘Dh’fhàg sibh mis am mòintich fhiadhaich’ 'You left me on a wild moorland'. Silver gelatin photographs with text from the song ‘A Phiùthrag, a Rùin’ A version of the song ‘A Phiùthrag ‘s a Phiuthar’: ‘You have left me on a wild moorland, a rugged moorland with the rest seeking me. Little sister, my love and darling, you will set out early in the morning, and you will find my bones in the hollow.’ (Carmina Gadelica Vol V) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/bha-an-airigh-a-deanamh https://images.on-this.website/16330_793054767516d58d5a3d3e.jpg'the shieling was a marvellous place' Screenprint 15 x 11cm ‘The shieling did everybody good. There were older women here who went to the shieling for five or six weeks in summer, and when they returned they were transformed. They got a rest and the moorland air did them good. The shieling was a marvellous place.’ Donald Macleod, (Dònaidh, Bradhagair), Comann Eachdraidh an Taobh Siar archive. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/na-bughachan-detail https://images.on-this.website/16330_2636174564d69586908aba.jpgNa Bughachan (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Na Bughachan (the grassy green bow-shaped areas formed by the winding of a river). Each 'bugha', 'linne' (pool) abd 'glumag' (smaller pool) on the river was named: many of these names are now lost. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ruitheadh-ubhal https://images.on-this.website/16330_35497012851b03a5c9b61c.jpgRuitheadh ubhal sìos as suas oirr’ 'An apple would roll up and down on it' Lazertran on handmade paper 30 x 30cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/bog-asphodel https://images.on-this.website/16330_131409353516d58dc47761.jpgbog asphodel Screenprint 15 x 11cm The inset photo is my aunt Dolina, taken on the Lewis moor. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ringed-plover-on-the-shoreline https://images.on-this.website/16330_191189331150f1a52cb3a2f.jpgringed plover on the shoreline in snow Oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5 cm https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/little-bernera-51-x-51cm https://images.on-this.website/16330_151333630650f1a6c7c2f91.jpgLittle Bernera oil on canvas 51 x 51 cm Can be seen at [url=www.rendezvous-gallery.co.uk]The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen[/url] '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)) https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/air-bhidh-dhomhsa https://images.on-this.website/16330_346293279516d5dd0b75cf.jpg‘’S tu bhi marbh ann an innis na sprèidhe’ 'And you dead in the pasture of cattle'. Silver gelatin photograph with text from a song telling of the violent death of a young woman at the shieling (A. Macdonald, ‘Songs of the Shieling’, The Celtic Magazine 12:115. 1887). https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gulls-on-the-beach-dalmore https://images.on-this.website/16330_8753569194d7fd8a1ba4e4.jpggulls on the beach, Dalmore Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/high-tide-ringed-plovers-76 https://images.on-this.website/16330_62661162350f1a6b3ab529.jpghigh tide ringed plover oil on canvas 76 x 61 cm A small flock of ringed plover on the shore in Bragar. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/a-fragrant-deer-grass-bed https://images.on-this.website/16330_10757680504d651f7f3bd2e.jpg'a fragrant deer-grass bed' Screenprint 58 x 42cm 'Many a bed has been made, but I don't think any bed ever made was as fragrant as a deer-grass bed on the shieling' Kenneth Campbell (my father, Coinneach Isaac, Bradhagair), Failt' air a' bhaile, 5/12/84. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/ann-an-uaine https://images.on-this.website/16330_2076470554516d64363e7d2.jpgann an uaine 's dearg Photopolymer etching 20 x 20cm Based on 'An Uiseag', The Skylark, by Peter Campbell, Pàdruig Tharmoid Chaluim, Bradhagair. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/gulls-bragar-machair https://images.on-this.website/16330_1132476764d8fa9d841116.jpggulls, Bragar machair Oil on canvas 30 x 40cm Black-headed gulls flying over a machair plot with a newly-emerged crop showing in the furrows. Sold https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/tom-mhicni https://images.on-this.website/16330_284410984d63e78b710e0.jpgTom Mhicni Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm Tom Mhicni is a small rise east of Beinn a' Chanaich, NB 3240. It is mentioned in a snatch of verse remembered by my father: 'Feasgar samhradh a’ dol gu àirigh, a’ tighinn air fàire air Tom Mhicni' ('going to the shieling on a summer evening, coming within sight of Tom Mhicni') https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/photo8724120.html https://images.on-this.website/16330_11372973764d63e7dcbbc82.jpgBeinn a' Bhoghalan (detail) Oil on canvas 61 x 61cm The moorland can glow red on autumn evenings https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/cho-geal-ri https://images.on-this.website/16330_2008025226516d58e7ace7d.jpgcho geal ri canach an t-slèibhe Screenprint 15 x 11cm 'Cho geal ri canach an t-slèibhe' (as white as moorland cotton-grass). The inset photograph shows my great-uncle, who built our family shieling into its present form, and two of his sisters. https://www.annecampbellart.co.uk/cold-dark https://images.on-this.website/16330_1768264025516d58ed6e529.jpgLoch na Steall Screenprint 15 x 11cm The quote is from 'Lewis Shielings' by Donald Macdonald, The Review of Scottish Culture (ROSC) No 1, 1984. Loch na Steall (NB 3237) is marked on OS maps as Loch nan Stearnag: being in the central moorland, it may been named differently by people in different parts of the island.