Lewis based photographer Mhairi Law has transformed An Lanntair’s Café Bar area with her photographic study of the west coast of the Outer Hebrides, The Edge of Blue.
Mhairi shares her inspirations for the wonderful triptych artwork: “The Edge of Blue looks to where the gneiss meets the sea, exploring the deep history of these ancient cliff-scapes.
“Looking to the far-flung north, we can imagine the fitting break of eroded bedrock that was once a part of this formation. This twinned geology now lies across the northern Atlantic, a paper-torn match.
“Our geology and geographical place in the world shapes the character of our culture; the weather endured, the rocks used to build with and on, the land on which we grown and live. These cliffs tell a far longer story of time, endurance, and the sea.
“The vast ocean that at once severs these cliffs from their twinned northern neighbours also becomes a connection, one that bonds the coasts as well as the cultures that endure and revere it.”
Originally from the Scottish Borders, Mairi is an award-winning photographer living and working on the Isle of Lewis.
Working primarily in medium format photography, Mhairi operates the Island Darkroom gallery and studio space in Achmore, featuring photographic exhibitions and holding workings in traditional analogue processes.
Mhairi’s photographic work explores landscapes with focus on evidence of human interaction. She first exhibited at An Lanntair in November 2015; and again in 2019 as part of the centenary events for the Iolaire Disaster, The Darkest Dawn.