The combination of artworks from Orkney to St Ives in this extraordinary collection at the Pier Art Centre, Stromness inspired my 7th Orkney poem in this video series. All housed in this dramatic location at a crossing point of seas and a starting point for arctic explorations.
Pier Art Centre
Pier Art Centre, Stromness
This is a wonderful piece of architecture - an insertion into the old harbour buildings of Stromness. The original building now converted once used by the Hudson Bay Company. Takes me back to Barbara Rae work from the arctic following in the footsteps of the Orcadian John Rae and his search for the North West passage. The collections is a wonderful modernist palette connecting two ancient cultures.
