This summer has been a botanical treat in the Orkney countryside verges, pastures and maritime heaths. Wildflowers have flourished in great swathes of yellow, cream and pink.

It is a great time of year to change process, palette and perspective by focusing on flooers. A break from the big seascapes on canvas I have moved to monoprinting on paper, creating collaged layers in a tiny 10 x 10 cm area. Design and value differences are easier to see but inevitably I can spend as long on these littles as I do on their slightly bigger cousins, adjusting, editing, letting rest, checking with fresh eyes and often ultimately discarding. Those that survive the process are heading off to the Ship of Fools Gallery in Kirkwall.