Murdo Stal Macdonald
Portrait of Gaelic poet Murdo Stal Macdonald, by Elsie Mitchell. Photo transfer to found driftwood. Poems handwritten by the poet, transferred to acetate and overlaid onto sand from Coll Beach, Isle of Lewis. The sand follows the coastline around the East Coast of the island around Coll Beach. Commissioned by the Travelling Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery for the touring exhibition "Wish I Was Here". Made in 2000. In the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Gaelic poet Murdo Stal Macdonald, by Elsie Mitchell. Photo transfer to found driftwood. Poems handwritten by the poet, transferred to acetate and overlaid onto sand from Coll Beach, Isle of Lewis. The sand follows the coastline around the East Coast of the island around Coll Beach. Commissioned by the Travelling Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery for the touring exhibition "Wish I Was Here". Made in 2000. In the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.