Alison Dunlop
@alisondunlop.bsky.social
Visual artist (RSW, PPVAS), curator, Canadian-born, based in NW Scotland.
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“Spirit of Beyond: The Shiant Isles” pub. 2021
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“Spirit of Beyond: The Shiant Isles” pub. 2021
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Alison Dunlop
@alisondunlop.bsky.social
· Dec 27
A dreich wander up the hill to a new, favourite high place. There's so little light right now, with this low cloud, but the heather and winter grasses still somehow manage their own quiet, sumptuous glow.
This afternoon, as I was checking on the Croft’s trees in advance of #stormamy, the sound of the peaty torrent cascading through our little waterfall drew me down to it.
October 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This afternoon, as I was checking on the Croft’s trees in advance of #stormamy, the sound of the peaty torrent cascading through our little waterfall drew me down to it.
A new post on my studio+highland notebook site - a little 5 minute read, to enjoy with your morning coffee :)
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Hidden Treasure
The northern boundary of our croft shelters a hidden treasure. A small, but dramatic little ravine appears suddenly as the ground falls precipitously into a stream far below, at the edge of our mea…
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August 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A new post on my studio+highland notebook site - a little 5 minute read, to enjoy with your morning coffee :)
alisondunlop.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/h...
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Mackerel, caught by lovely friends and dropped off to us late yesterday, on the menu for supper this evening. Smoked by us today 🧡.
August 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Mackerel, caught by lovely friends and dropped off to us late yesterday, on the menu for supper this evening. Smoked by us today 🧡.
A breathtaking end to a glorious harvest day here.
August 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A breathtaking end to a glorious harvest day here.
Storm Floris here today. Rather terrifying, at times. A neighbour just down the road recorded a 91 mph gust!
August 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Storm Floris here today. Rather terrifying, at times. A neighbour just down the road recorded a 91 mph gust!
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Hi from Greenland everyone ✌️!
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
August 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hi from Greenland everyone ✌️!
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
The Shiants from the Croft, yesterday - summery hues and just beyond the pale.
July 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Shiants from the Croft, yesterday - summery hues and just beyond the pale.
Over The Minch, the most extraordinary light and cloud, with fingers of mist over the Hebrides.
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Over The Minch, the most extraordinary light and cloud, with fingers of mist over the Hebrides.
The past week has gifted us some amazing cloud dancing, with plenty of mist and haar over the Hebrides (as well as here) and some exceptional Fata Morgana. The Shiants looked pale but brooding a couple of nights ago, under a hovering sea mist.
July 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The past week has gifted us some amazing cloud dancing, with plenty of mist and haar over the Hebrides (as well as here) and some exceptional Fata Morgana. The Shiants looked pale but brooding a couple of nights ago, under a hovering sea mist.
Over The Minch this evening, looking across the dunes from an upstairs window. It’s been a muggy day here and the “heatwave” is due tomorrow. 3 whole days of summer temps, bring it on!!
July 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Over The Minch this evening, looking across the dunes from an upstairs window. It’s been a muggy day here and the “heatwave” is due tomorrow. 3 whole days of summer temps, bring it on!!
All hands on deck! This coming week is Install Week as we hang the vibrant and exciting Summer Exhibition of work by members of the RSW at Gairloch Museum.
It’s a huge honour to be hosting this here in Gairloch and I’m thrilled to have been involved with the planning.
Preview Friday 5-7 pm
It’s a huge honour to be hosting this here in Gairloch and I’m thrilled to have been involved with the planning.
Preview Friday 5-7 pm
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
All hands on deck! This coming week is Install Week as we hang the vibrant and exciting Summer Exhibition of work by members of the RSW at Gairloch Museum.
It’s a huge honour to be hosting this here in Gairloch and I’m thrilled to have been involved with the planning.
Preview Friday 5-7 pm
It’s a huge honour to be hosting this here in Gairloch and I’m thrilled to have been involved with the planning.
Preview Friday 5-7 pm
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Yep, I said it. People around Trump know he’s cognitively impaired and are keeping quiet about it. Somebody should write about it. Me.👇
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yep, I said it. People around Trump know he’s cognitively impaired and are keeping quiet about it. Somebody should write about it. Me.👇
My view of An Cliseam on Isle of Harris last night, before sunset. Happy Solstice, everyone.
June 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My view of An Cliseam on Isle of Harris last night, before sunset. Happy Solstice, everyone.
In the garden, so many wonders, if you look closely, right now. Food for the soul.
May 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In the garden, so many wonders, if you look closely, right now. Food for the soul.
Just look at that! The most incredible fata morgana in the heat, late this afternoon, looking out over the Minch to Eilean Trodday and South Harris. One of the best I've seen here.
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just look at that! The most incredible fata morgana in the heat, late this afternoon, looking out over the Minch to Eilean Trodday and South Harris. One of the best I've seen here.
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She was jailed for writing an opinion column
May 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
She was jailed for writing an opinion column
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Y'see, it's always been about this. Big Oil funded the far right and christian nationalism, all leading to this.
In a world run by Russia and the USA/Trump Regime there will be none of this "climate" nonsense.
In a world run by Russia and the USA/Trump Regime there will be none of this "climate" nonsense.
This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.
Exclusive: US, Russia explore ways to restore Russian gas flows to Europe, sources say
With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S. helping to revive Russian gas sales to the continent, eight sources familiar with the talks have told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Y'see, it's always been about this. Big Oil funded the far right and christian nationalism, all leading to this.
In a world run by Russia and the USA/Trump Regime there will be none of this "climate" nonsense.
In a world run by Russia and the USA/Trump Regime there will be none of this "climate" nonsense.
It may feel like winter again out there today, but there are bluebells!!
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It may feel like winter again out there today, but there are bluebells!!
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XINIS: Every day Abrego Garcia is in CECOT is "a day of further irreparable harm."
"If not this court, then who, to engage in process. It’s process that is in the roots of our constitution, so we have to give process to both sides...There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding."
"If not this court, then who, to engage in process. It’s process that is in the roots of our constitution, so we have to give process to both sides...There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding."
April 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
XINIS: Every day Abrego Garcia is in CECOT is "a day of further irreparable harm."
"If not this court, then who, to engage in process. It’s process that is in the roots of our constitution, so we have to give process to both sides...There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding."
"If not this court, then who, to engage in process. It’s process that is in the roots of our constitution, so we have to give process to both sides...There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding."
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April 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The credibility of the US government is completely shot.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The credibility of the US government is completely shot.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
Quite possibly my all-time favourite Scottish hill. Suilven, looking as mythical and mysterious as ever. It’s been ages (far too long!) since we’ve been up here in Assynt and I’d almost forgotten what a powerful landscape this is.
March 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Quite possibly my all-time favourite Scottish hill. Suilven, looking as mythical and mysterious as ever. It’s been ages (far too long!) since we’ve been up here in Assynt and I’d almost forgotten what a powerful landscape this is.
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"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back
March 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back