Other Applications

The examples I have included here are a departure from my traditional work by either use of a different medium for displaying the work or by using Celtic designs in a slightly different way.

St. Drostan’s Teardrop.
130mm. x 90mm.
(5ins. x 3.5 ins.)
Pencil on paper
Copyright James M. Summers 1999.

Saint Drostan’s Teardrop was the first in a series of three conceptual works which attempted to convey the subject image as a reflection in a teardrop. The three works are influenced by and greatly indebted to the spherical reflection artwork of 20^th century Dutch artist M.C.Escher. In each case the subjects were drawn from life using a spherical mirror.
In this instance, the Teardrop was designed in an attempt to unify the legend of Saint Drostan’s teardrop, the 9^th century Book of Deer and the Celtic Abbey of Deer within one single image.

Computer Teardrop.
130mm. x 90mm.
(5ins. x 3.5ins.)
Pencil on paper.
Copyright James M. Summers 1999.

The second image in the series is a representation of a computer terminal reflected in a teardrop, this image being an accurate resemblance of the computer workstation in the study of my own house.

Central Buchan Teardrop.
130mm. x 90mm.
5ins. x 3.5ins.
Pencil on paper.
Copyright James M. Summers 2000.

The third and final teardrop in the series was designed to convey a rural image of Buchan, Aberdeenshire and a recumbent stone circle, an archaeological feature unique in the British Isles to North East Scotland. The stone circle illustrated is a representation of the Aikey Brae Stone Circle* on Parkhouse Hill near Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire.

*The stone circle lies approximately one mile west of the village of Stuartfield and is located at Grid Ref. 959471 on Ondnance Survey Landranger Map 30.