March 2025

 

So last year, none of my work made it past the short-listed stage in various competitions I entered. But I can’t really complain, having been in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition two years in a row just prior to last year.

I’ve finally revamped this website, added new stuff and made it easier to navigate.

Work-wise, while continuing as usual, I’ve also decided to concentrate on my own creative interpretations of ancient Celtic or Pictish (Scottish) art, translating imagery produced in the post-Roman period (so-called Dark Ages) in stone, metal-work or illuminated manuscript into original digital images (“variations”) suitable for digital printing.

I’ve been successfully experimenting with printing on transparency material for back-lit display using LED light-pads. The results are similar to stained glass.

 

IPA awards

My photo taken in Rousham, Oxfordshire, England, was awarded Official Selection and shortlisted by the IPA (International Photography Awards) in their competition on the theme of Peace. The photo of the Cherwell River is from "Peace is Always Beautiful,” a series named for the poetry of Walt Whitman.

Copyright Alan Graham McQuillan.