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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.

Exploring a sense of place
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![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... 
#gàidhlig #placebased #gaelic #waysofseeing #sitespecific](https://scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/571781922_18288966508277235_4052730687240577625_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzIifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=KJHV-RxFso4Q7kNvwHgCmBo&_nc_oc=AdmcclMWGGJptqNdzFPlF0rXwkQ4RnSfe6TkzQPp4HQ-J_CjQKwVvWSUy75BESK3Sik&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=_0m8tqBAe51AbYK-9BDXMw&oh=00_Afg8-lTvSKCY3nW71HYkZD5wijUdZs505FvKoNrjNA4EWA&oe=690EE911)















































