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Hamish Fulton  born 1946

Hamish Fulton from Ten Toes towards the Rainbow, Geese Flying South 1990
© Hamish Fulton

from Ten Toes towards the Rainbow (P77614-P77622; complete)

Geese Flying South  1990

Screenprint on paper
image: 629 x 965 mm
on paper, print

Purchased 1993

P77620

'If in doubt. Keep walking'. Hamish Fulton added these words to his series of prints called Ten Toes towards the Rainbow. The title refers to ten seven-day walks he made in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. Fulton sees seven as a magic number, and it recurs frequently in his work. Here it appears in the 'rainbow' of the title: rainbows have seven colours, while the word itself has seven letters.

 

This series is more romantic and pastoral than much of Fulton's earlier work. Titles such as Song Path evoke his observations and emotions during these long, solitary walks.

 

 (From the display caption August 2004)