allysonshaw

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I’m a writer living in #Orkney #Scotland. I am the author of Ashes & Stones. Sometimes I like making digital collages. Any pronouns! #disabled #queer #witchy
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A new mushroom painting, I don't often use oil pastel for anything other than landscape and florals, trying some new subjects for the medium. This is A5 size and available now...
https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1859644443

#FediGiftShop #MushroomArt #Fungi #FungiFriday #OriginalArt #Drawing #PastelPainting #OilPastels PastelArt #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ShopIndy #GiftIdeas #ArtShop
Orange-cheeked parrot.
From "Oiseaux brillans du Brésil" written & illustrated by Jean-Théodore Descourtilz, Paris: 1834 #illustration #art #bird https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/orange-cheeked-parrot/
Orange-Cheeked Parrot | Old Book Illustrations

Plate showing an orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi), a tropical bird in the family Psittacidae, native to South America

Old Book Illustrations
I’ve been going through the photos I took while researching my book, Ashes & Stones. This is one of the first—it is the intertidal grave of Lilias Adie. She was not executed but died while being held for interrogation. Her grave was later robbed by phrenologist Joseph Neil Paton, father of the #Scottish painter of fairies, Joseph Noel Paton. Wood from her coffin was used to make a walking stick for Andrew Carnegie. The people of Fife have called for a return of her missing remains. I have written about her incredible story in my book. #histodons #Scotland #Witches #ScottishHistory #Fife
Photos of the Janet Horne Memorial Stone through the ages, from the History Links Dornoch archive. I have written about this stone--nothing is known of Janet Horne's life. Even her name is an invention, but a woman was executed in a extrajudicial trial here in the early 18th century.
This is a digital collage I created for my recent blog post.
For the last three years I’ve followed an alternative to new year’s resolutions. I have named the coming year with a power phrase. This is an invention of poet Lauren Brazzle Zuniga. You can read more about my take on it here.
https://allysonshaw.substack.com/p/shimmering-tenacious-receptivity
SHIMMERING, TENACIOUS RECEPTIVITY🌝

on words of power for 2025

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
The Aviemore Stone Circle in a suburban enclave in the village of Aviemore in the Cairngorms- this is from a free years ago. If my memory is correct the tree is a rowan. #StandingStoneSunday #Scotland #Cairngorms #Aviemore #Neolithic #StoneCircle
Ulven wishes you a happy #caturday #BlackCatsOfMastodon #BlackCat
Apples from the old tree where I used to live. I miss that tree! #apples #StillLife #SilentSunday #nostalgia #harvest
Beach in Banff, Aberdeenshire. From a few years ago. Edited with #mextures #beach #Scotland #seaside #summer #GoldenHour