Described as "a singer of ballads in a different medium", Sheila Mullen uses her paint and canvas to capture the drama and emotion of the traditional Scottish ballad in a single moment, bringing these once vibrant stories brilliantly alive once again. Here is the infamous Poosie Nancy's tavern in Mauchline where a colourful band of Jolly Beggars gathers for a night of carousing, the Rigs o Barley where the tryst between bonnie Annie and her lusty lover is celebrated one moonlit Lammas night. The stark realism of The Twa Corbies as they feast on the corpse of a knight abandoned on the field of battle and the poignant courage of The Border Widow's Lament as she buries the body of her betrayed husband are captured here in vibrant yet chilling colours. With a clear and informative commentary on each song by Ann Matheson, the book is a sensual journey along the ancient roads the ballad singers once travelled.
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Sheila describes her work here as "Trying to create a Scottish Dreamworld" something akin to the Dreamtime which is such a vital part of Australian Aboriginal mythology. In her canvasses she looks to the past to capture the emotion of traditional bardic tales. To appreciate her work is to surrender to the "Celtic Dreamtime" and to emerge with a deeper understanding of what it is to be Scottish.
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This book of Sheila Mullen's paintings is absolutely gorgeous. Anne Matheson's commentary helps interpret the paintings, or helps us 'read' them as she puts it. Each painting is accompanied by the ballad or poem which inspired it, with Ann's commentary. The paintings are glorious. This is a book which draws you back again and again to marvel and revel in the bold colours and the fusion of visual art, oral tradition and poetry.
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