‘Dùthchas is a millennia-old Gaelic concept derived from the word ‘‘dùth”, meaning “earth” or “land”. Dùthchas stresses the interconnectedness of people, land, culture and an ecological balance among all entities, human and more than human” (Meighan 2022)
I am delighted to have had an exhibition at Gairloch Museum over May and June 2026. The show, Dùthchas, is a collection of paintings and drawings I have made over two years of visits to Dùthaich Mhic Aoidh / Mackay Country, Sutherland and Wester Ross. In this short film I explain how the sketchbooks I carried back and forth across the Pentland Firth sustained my link with the places I visited.
Lesley Mackay Art 