iScot Front Covers
Undefeated
September 2015 Ed.View Original PaintingAftermath and reaction to the loss of the Independence Referendum.
Knock knock knocking
June 2015 Ed.With a returned vote of 56 SNP MPs to Westminster, there will be challenges predicted for the 2016 EU Referendum of Scotland strongly supporting to remain.
Switch on the Lights
July 2015 Ed.Image of the UK from space, a vivid reflection of centuries of underdevelopment of the north, Scotland in particular.
Stirling, Robert the Bruce Monument
October 2015 Ed.Study montage from a photograph by Graham Harris Graham of Robert the Bruce.
Like The Bruce, supporters of Scottish independence commemorate the first year anniversary of the referendum with a show of determination to keep the dream alive.
Labour Gothic
December 2015 Ed.Early conflics between the two Labour leaders, attempting to make a common stand. ONCE a beacon of solidarity and common cause the Labour party is showing signs of becoming almost as disunited as the kingdom it sacrificed so much to keep together.Based on a painting by Grant Wood 'American Gothic'
Not in My Name
January 2016 Ed.I murder hate by flood or field,
Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;
In wars at home I’ll spend my blood-
Life-giving wars of Venus.
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I’m better pleased to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.Robert Burns 1790
Have a Bowl of Brexit
October 2016 Ed.It’s now been four months since the voters of England and Wales decided to collectively shoot themselves in the foot and to shoot Scotland and Northern Ireland along with them, yet we still have no idea what Brexit means. Apart from Brexit meaning Brexit of course, although you’d be as well saying Brexit means a bowl of cereal.
2020 Vision
November 2016 Ed.Your referendum was once-in-ageneration and you lost... 'so get on with it.’
Well, no! The UK that Scotland chose in 2014 doesn’t exist anymore.
SuperTrump
December 2016 Ed.Can we processes the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America? Or is it "Brexit in America".
A Realignment
January 2017 Ed.A review of the pro-union stance in the 2014 Scottish referendum by Tom Morton
Blaze, the absailing dug
April 2017 Ed.“Oor Blaze fae Skye”, a 5 year-old border collie with stunning “scenery selfies” atop Scotland’s photogenic peaks.
The Great Emperor
May 2017 Ed.Painted montage of Theresa May as Napoleon Bonaparte portrayed by Francois Baron Gerard.
A patronising response to Nicola Sturgeons drive for a second Scottish Referendum.
Scotland's Crossroads
July 2017 Ed.With the the onset of Brexit and Scotland voting to remain within the EU, does Scotland push for a second referendum.
The Three Disgraces
August 2017 Ed.Painted montage of Theresa May, Arlene Foster and Ruth Davidson with the classic 'The Three Graces' by Peter Paul Rubens. See the unsesored version.
The Westminster Dystopia
September 2017 Ed.Painted concept montage of Theresa May and the Houses of Parliament parodying the poster for 'Metropolis' published for the iconic film by Fritz Lang.
Obey
November 2017 Ed.Catalonia and the Unmasking of Power
The MSN Shield and Dark Money
August 2018 Ed.What we see in the Scottish mainstream media, and particularly from the BBC, is a systematic effort to frame the SNP and the independence movement in the darkest light possible while sheltering Ruth Davidson, the Tory Party with some of their secretive fundings from negative press, and over emphasising anything that might look good from the unionist side of the political divide.
The Right Brigade
March/April 2019 Ed.Montage spoof on Theresa May's predicament as she attempts to drive her version of the Brexit deal with the EU through parliament. Based on a painting
by Richard Canton Woodville.
Rabbie
January/February 2015 EdEdition celebrating Robert Burns, on January 25.To see oursels as ithers see us!
How Burns would see the Nation's drive for Independence, and how we see ourselves in a Global frame.Extract from Burn's 'To a Louse'
