Tomorrow evening a small exhibition
of my mud paintings will be shown in Blairlogie, part of an evening organised by
George Sutherland to celebrate the work of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stevenson spent childhood
holidays in Bridge of Allan and this cave along the Allanwater river is believed to be
the inspiration for Ben Gunn’s cave in Treasure Island.
My paintings are made from
mud collected from the floor of the cave and they are mythological creatures
that spring from the earth.
The evening is a mixture of a
literary and art event with performance artist Karen Strang, actor artist Keith
Neill and artist Lys Hansen reading some of his poems.
Also there will be an
inter-active element where members of the public will be invited to create
their own mud paintings working alongside artist Libby Yule.
Unfortunately I will not be
able to attend because I will have set off on my travels.
Meanwhile, back at the
Macrobert Arts centre we older dancers were filmed yesterday as art of a
documentary to show the work of the centre, which like every other arts organisation
is desperate for funding since government cutbacks.
