Scottish Art

Murdo Macdonald,
Thames and Hudson World of Art Series,
ISBN 978-0-500-20452-8
2021

“…giving those artists of five thousand years ago a reality that is only a small psychological step from our present.
One can find such exploration in the work of Jim Pattison (b.1955), who in 2012 and 2013 exhibited work derived from prehistory at Taigh Chearsabhagh in North Uist and the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney. ‘Models of Mind: Carved Stone Balls from the Islands of Scotland” comprised paintings and prints sourced from computer-generated analyses of prehistoric carved stone balls.”