Various Artists

The Northern Isles | Part II

5 February 2026 - 28 February 2026

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

Various Artists

The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland, have long held a magnetic pull for artists, writers, and travellers drawn to the meeting place of land, sea, and sky. These archipelagos, cast into the North Atlantic are places where light performs continual theatre and where the line between human endeavour and nature feels both robust and fragile in equal measure.

The Northern Isles brings together artists who respond to this environment, those who were born on the islands, those who have made them home, and others who have undertaken residencies and research in these unique settings. The exhibition is not only about geography but about dialogue: between place and person, between past and present, and between artists whose circles overlap and intertwine.

Included in the exhibition is painting, printmaking, furniture, jewellery, ceramic, and sculpture, each medium reflecting the rich language, shared history, and distinctive palette of the Northern Isles. Among these are remarkable examples of historical Orcadian and Shetlandic chairs, whose craftsmanship and form echo the resourcefulness of their makers and are unique to the islands.

The Northern Isles | Part II at The Scottish Gallery

    Himawari Basket, 2025●

    Japanese woodcut
    H:22.5cm W:15cm
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    Cold Wind – Sea Heaping Up, Shetland, 2025

    oil on canvas
    H:65cm W:95cm
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    Flying Spray, 2025

    oil on canvas
    H:107cm W:117cm
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    Winter Surf, 2025

    oil on canvas
    H:70cm W:120cm
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    Clearwater, 2023

    oil on board
    H:150cm W:170cm
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    Gail Harvey and Yogi

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    View from Gail Harvey’s Studio, Shetland, 2025

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    Scousburgh, Shetland, 2025

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    Spray and Sea Foam, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Shoreline, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Rockpool with Sky Reflections, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Light on the Water, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Inside the Wave, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Flowing, 2025

    mixed media
    H:25cm W:30cm
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    Summer Blues, 2024

    mixed media
    H:18cm W:41cm
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    Gannet Flying, Winter, 2024

    mixed media
    H:20cm W:20cm
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    Land and Sky I, 2025●

    unique chemigram
    H:11.5cm W:16cm
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    Beach at South Mainland, Shetland, 2025

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    Rain over Brindister, 2024

    mixed media on board
    H:25cm W:25cm
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    Brightening Skies, Quendale, 2026●

    mixed media on paper
    H:20cm W:20cm
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    January Ness Storm Seas, 2026●

    mixed media on board
    H:20cm W:20cm
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    Mid-January Wild Sea, Scatness, 2026

    mixed media on board
    H:18cm W:24cm
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    Ebbing Sea, Quendale, 2026●

    mixed media on board
    H:20cm W:20cm
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    Samantha Clark at Birsay Headland, Orkney II

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    This Salted Light, 2024

    acrylic on aluminium panel
    H:110cm W:180cm
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    Moonless, 2024

    acrylic on cradled board
    H:51cm W:61cm
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    Dark Sea at Evening, 2025●

    acrylic and brass leaf on cradled board
    H:51cm W:61cm
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    Sun Cloud, 2025●

    acrylic, mica and brass lead on cradled board
    H:51cm W:61cm
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    Victoria Crowe at Birsay, Orkney

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    Fast Moving Cloud Above Still Land, 2024

    oil on linen
    H:76cm W:103cm
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    Birsay Headland, 2023●

    mixed media on Whenzou paper
    H:49cm W:133cm
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    War Bunkers and Shepherd’s Huts, Shining Sea Birsay Links, 2023

    mixed media on paper
    H:25cm W:17cm
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    Stone Pavement, Yesnaby, 2024

    watercolour and ink on paper
    H:29cm W:38cm
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    Brough and Sky Above, 2022

    acrylic on paper
    H:20cm W:30cm
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    Shielded Sky, 2022

    oil on canvas
    H:20.5cm W:24cm
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    Night Reflection, 2024

    stone and plate lithograph with monotype
    H:38cm W:51cm
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    Midnight Dawn, 2024

    stone and plate lithograph with monotype
    H:38cm W:51cm
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    Dofnin, 2024

    watercolour and bodycolour on paper
    H:50cm W:70cm
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    Square Oak Basket, 2025

    oak, straw
    H:12cm W:44cm D:43cm
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    Oak Basket, 2025●

    oak, straw
    H:11cm W:52.5cm D:22.5cm
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    Andrea Geile at work

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    Wild Walk, 2025

    hand-cut Corten steel, metal, cast iron
    H:81cm W:23cm D:23cm
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    Seagreen Pebble Pendant, 2025●

    seagreen enamel, silver, pebble
    L:41cm
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    Continuous Necklace, 2025

    Silver and Orkney pebbles
    L:45cm
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    Seagreen Long Wire Teardrop Earrings, 2025●

    seagreen enamel, silver
    H:7cm W:2cm
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    Pebble and Hoop Necklace, 2026

    silver, pebbles
    L:48cm W:1.5cm
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    Double Pebble Brooch, 2026

    silver, pebbles
    H:2.5cm W:3.5cm
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    Bay of Skail, Orkney, 2025

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    Glimpse Holm, Orkney, 2025

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    Newark Bay, Orkney, 2025

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    Green Enamel and Gold Teardrop Earrings, 2025

    green enamel, 18ct gold
    H:3.8cm W:1.8cm
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    Pale Grey Enamel and 18ct Gold Pendant, 2025

    pale grey enamel and 18ct gold
    L:45cm H:3cm W:1.7cm
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    Textured Silver Concave Oval Earrings, 2025

    silver
    H:2.8cm W:2cm
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    The Merlin, 2025

    oil on paper
    H:45cm W:21cm
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    The End of the Tulips, 2025●

    oil on paper
    H:24cm W:42cm
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    Stromness 4●

    woodcut on Japanese Toshi paper
    H:30cm W:35.5cm
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    Orchid & Nasturtium, 2025●

    oil on paper
    H:27.5cm W:46.5cm
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    Carnations and Cards, 2025

    oil on paper
    H:27.5cm W:46.5cm
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    Glimps Holm from Burray I, c.1980●

    watercolour on paper
    H:20cm W:26cm
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      Harpoon Log, 2023●

      mixed media box construction
      H:52cm W:43cm D:9cm
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        Celestial Navigation, 2025●

        mixed media box construction
        H:43cm W:43cm D:8cm
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        Back of Sumburgh Head, Shetland●

        pen, ink and watercolour on paper
        H:68cm W:87cm
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        Ron Sandford in his studio, Yell, Shetland

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        Wheelbarrow●

        pen, ink and watercolour on board
        H:42cm W:59cm
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        Chapel Yell●

        pen and ink with watercolour wash on paper laid on board
        H:39cm W:56cm
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        Rams

        pen, ink and watercolour on paper
        H:43.5cm W:58.5cm
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        Brief Respite I

        linocut print (Artist Proof)
        H:51.5cm W:61cm
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        Lobsters II

        linocut print (Artist Proof)
        H:49.5cm W:70cm
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        In a Boatie Hoose I

        pen, ink and watercolour on paper
        H:36cm W:39cm
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        Sandness Mill I, 2012

        etching with aquatint
        H:49cm W:58.5cm
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        Sandness Mill III, 2015

        etching with aquatint
        H:20.5cm W:24.5cm
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        Bressay Lighthouse, c.2017●

        etching with aquatint
        H:20cm W:29.5cm
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        Sigurd Smith’s studio, Orkney

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        Sigurd Smith at his studio, Orkney

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        Aftermath, 2025

        acrylic, ink, charcoal and graphite
        H:25.5cm W:33cm
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        Dark Giant, 2025

        acrylic, ink, charcoal and graphite
        H:25.5cm W:33cm
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        Patricia Shone outside her studio, Skye

        Patricia Shone outside her studio, Skye, 2025

        Ruptured Land Jar, 2024●

        saggar fired stoneware, iron glaze,  small gold lustre detail
        H:22cm D:18cm
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        Open Erosion Bowl, ‘Guilt Edged’, 2025

        saggar fired stoneware, iron matt glaze interior, gold lustre detail
        H:23cm D:21cm
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        Traumatised Land Jar, 2025

        saggar fired stoneware, iron matt glaze interior
        H:23cm D:20cm
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        ‘Empty’ Lidded Erosion Jar, 2025

        oval form, Saggar fired stoneware with gilded interior
        H:19cm W:19cm D:17cm
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        ‘Before and After’ Open Erosion Bowl, 2025

        Kintsugi mended raku fired earthenware
        H:12cm D:23cm
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        Frances Walker in Orkney, c.1981

        Frances Walker in Orkney, c.1981

        Sand, Stones and Sea Orkney, 1983

        oil on canvas
        H:120cm W:151cm
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        Rackwick Hoy, 1967●

        oil on board
        H:68.5cm W:104cm
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        Norwegian Boats, Kirkwall Harbour, c.1968

        oil on board
        H:83cm W:56cm
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        Slip to the Copinsay, 1967

        oil on canvas
        H:63.5cm W:122cm
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