From the Art Hut – ‘Intent’
Owing to the Ness dig being scaled back this year because of Covid restrictions, I have again moved my artist residency to Instagram posts during the main weeks of the excavation.… Continue reading
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From the Art Hut – a large expression of colour
By Jeanne Bouza Rose
For me, the mystery of the Ness is the story of what the people were doing there.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – connecting…
By Diane Eagles
Owing to the dig being cancelled this year because of Covid restrictions, I moved my residency to daily Instagram posts.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – in it for the long haul
By Karen Wallis
As this is my last blog for the virtual dig diary, I’m going to take a look back over the whole of my residency to date.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – finding finds…
By Karen Wallis
During my first season as Artist in Residence, I was impressed by the range of what could be termed a “find” – from decorated stone on the walls, through the many different artefacts, to floor deposits.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – the weather is part of the team…
By Karen Wallis
This watercolour of incoming clouds represents my love affair with Orkney skies, together with weather, as a constant feature of the excavations.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – Hooked on the Neolithic
By Jeanne Bouza Rose
In the early 2000s, I got hooked on the Neolithic at the Ness. In 2012, both supplies and volunteers were in short supply.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – it’s all about people
By Karen Wallis
My work is about human activity, whereas the focus at the Ness is on the evidence provided by objects – either the finds themselves or the structure of the buildings. When… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – How and why the Ness and the Neolithic are in my paintings
By Jeanne Bouza Rose
I was leaving the heat of New York State and coming to Orkney for my summer holidays sometime in the early 2000s, having been drawn into the landscape after my initial visit over 30 years ago, and I stumbled upon the Ness excavation. … Continue reading
From the Art Hut – the permanence of pigments
By Karen Wallis
On July 17, 2018, I made this oil painting of Marc excavating a hearth in Structure One.
The colour of the deposits was extremely rich and varied.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – looking back…
By Karen Wallis
On July 5, 2018, I paid my first visit to Trench Y.
Mike Copper and his team were searching for the enclosure wall beside the Stenness loch.… Continue reading
From the Art Hut – Ness drawing journal 2019
Ness of Brodgar Drawing Journal 2019 from Ness of Brodgar Artist in Residence Karen Wallis on Vimeo.… Continue reading
