Early years

WORK WITH Aonghas MacNeacail

Early collaborations. Around 1982, the chance of a show in Edinburgh's 369 Gallery required the translation of some texts into Gaelic, which led to contact with the poet Aonghas MacNeacail. Most fortunately my texts were of little merit - a fault which proved a great blessing - since Aonghas suggested the infinitley better alternative that he respond to the assorted visual wheelbarrow in his own way. The resulting interactive way of working started a chain of events and publication that defined the next thirty years. Sireadh bradain sicir/ Seeking Wise Salmon - was the first of these collaborations, which led to many other books, work in schools, residencies and a long-standing frienship...

...and see below

Sireadh bradain sicir/
Seeking wise salmon

An cathadh mor/
The great snowbattle

Sgathach /
Warrior queen