Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland, until 5 February 2012 DRAWING can take many forms, and indeed the description covers everything from charcoal and pencil to watercolour, ink, and gouache. THE new exhibition at Da Gadderie shows the work of two artists for whom drawing is important. At first glance it might seem to be […]

Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum and Arcvhives, Lerwick, Shetland, until 20 November 2011 DRAWING is, at its very heart, an exploration of the world without and within. Through the triangular process of eye, brain and hand we create a response in two dimensions. Someone once described it as an outward looking search process and an inward looking…[Read more]

Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum & Archives, Lerwick, Shetland, until 28 August 2011 DA GADDERIE, the exhibition space in Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick, hosts a large show of work by émigré Shetlander Bert Simpson throughout the month of August. This is certainly not his first and I’m sure it won’t be his last in the Isles. […]

Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland, until 3 January 2011 SHETLANDERS often think of themselves as living on the edge, and looking at UK weather maps that’s not difficult to see why. However, in Viking times Shetland, was slap bang in the middle of the action; a stopping off point for all routes east, and […]