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MAIRI NICGILLIOSA
Visual artist, Neach-ealain
Welcome to the website for Mairi Gillies, a Scottish visual artist whose work spans between the studio, classroom, exhibition spaces and the living landscape.
Is mise Màiri NicGillÌosa. Tha mi nam neach-ealain agus 's e bana-Ghàidheal na Galltachd a th' annam. Tha dàimh làidir agam ris a' Ghàidhealtachd agus tha mi a' fuireachd ann an Leòdhas.
I am Mairi Gillies. I am an artist and a Gaelic woman from the Lowlands of Scotland. I have strong sense of home in the Gaeltachd and I currently live on the Isle of Lewis.
![dàmhair /daːvirʲ/
boir. iol. -ean
1 rut 2 rutting time
Dwelly's "dàmhair"
-ean, sf Rutting of deer. 2 Rutting-time. 3 The month of October [preceded by the art. an]. 4** Noise. 5(CR) Time — about Inverness & W. of Ross-shire. Mun dàmhair seo an-dé, about this time yesterday; facal an dàmhair, a word in season. 6‡‡ Earnestness, keenness, 7 Rutting riot - Dàin Iain Ghobha. 8 Cry of a deer - R. 84. Bhuail thuca an dàmhair, the noise came suddenly upon them; an dàmhair a’ mheadhan oidhche, in the dead of night. 8 Middle. An dàmhair a’ chuain, in the middle of the ocean
Fencing/moving/autumn/rutting
Corran and Seumas walked over Cleite Chàirisisadair to a neighbours croft for a bite of fresh grass. Put up electric fencing (so Seumas doesn't trash the fences!) to the sound of the rutting stags...
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Exploring a sense of place
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