Landscapes of the Heart

Landscapes of the Heart

Landscapes of the Heart Sometimes the wind sweeps from the West across the Laich of Moray. It lifts the light, sandy soil in great clouds and deposits it in drifts across the roads; snowploughs become sandploughs.   In this open landscape trees are significant. On the...
Ellon Academy

Ellon Academy

Ellon Academy: 2011 – 2015 Mary was lead artist for the new Ellon Academy, working with Aberdeenshire Council’s architects and local people to create a series of integrated artworks. Contributions from local people were integral to the two artworks shown here,...
Mortlach Story Walks

Mortlach Story Walks

Mortlach Story Walks Project inception, management and delivery: Mary Bourne (Mortlach Parent Council) Partner organisations: Speyside Paths Network Group and Mortlach Primary School, Dufftown Artists: Janie Nicoll, Vivien Hendry, Mary Bourne Writer: Ken Cockburn...
Cairn View, Kemnay

Cairn View, Kemnay

Cairn View, Kemnay 2011-2015 Kemnay granite and landscaping Client: Deveron Homes Part of Aberdeenshire Council’s Percent for Art Scheme For this commission Mary worked with Deveron Homes, their landscape architect and pupils at Alehouswells Primary School, Kemnay, to...
River Connections

River Connections

River Connections 2014-16 Sandstone, Caithness flagstone and stainless steel Commissioned by The Highland Council for Inverness Riverside   Collaborators: Ken Cockburn, poet; George Gunn, dyker; This series of inter-related works was commissioned to highlight the ways...