Keira McArthur

As predicted, each painting for #Selfie has had it’s own arc of becoming.  They have all been surprises, have all taught me things I wouldn’t otherwise know. It’s been a privilege to be at the centre of this project and participate in the discovery, the shaping and polishing of each facet.  Quite a geological process […]

This project has required a great deal of mirror-gazing.     I’ve noticed while doing so that my eyes each have a different gaze, left and right.  My left eye (on your left in the photo, above, which is a ‘double-mirror’ shot) tends to have a gaze that is outward and direct.  My right is inward, […]

Our house sits on bedrock beside a small old quarry.  We and the quarry are surrounded by big old trees and growing young trees,  so summer mornings are full of birdsong echoing off the high ceilings through open windows.  It can be cacophonous – I often feel like I’m working in a jungle tree-house up […]