Isle of Harris Hebrides Painting by Rob Miller

Ise of Harris Hebrides revisited
The croft now deserted
61 cm x 91 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Rob Miller
http://www.artisanartgallery.co.uk/

"Island at the edge of the world - home to the Vikings for centuries and the Lord of the Isles dominion. Every visitor to this magical place leaves the land as it was but takes away experiences and visions. For some there are personal transformations. The Isle of Harris is the living heart of Gaeldom. Gaelic is in daily use at work and in the home. English is of course used with equal fluency.

There is a great attraction in the soft sounds of spoken English from the native Gaelic speaker, but to hear the melodious language itself spoken in Harris, with the ancient Harris accent, convinces that this historic tongue was created for poetry and music. And so it is still. The artistic cultures of Harris have survived enormous pressure over the last two centuries to delight us today."

Coel na mara guest house What to do in the Hebrides  http://www.ceolnamara.com/attractions.html