A NINETY-ONE-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother’s artwork will go on display at a new exhibition in Dunbar.
Lesley May Miller has been ‘Making Waves’ for several years, after turning to art when her two children were grown up.
Born and raised in Edinburgh, spending the wartime years in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, she has lived in Dunbar for about 20 years.
Her new exhibition, Making Waves, opened at Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery on Saturday.
Her son, Matthew, said: “She was mostly a housewife and mother up until my brother and I stopped needing to be looked after.
“Then she became a mature art student at Edinburgh College of Art when she was about 40 or so.
“When she finished that, one of the big things she did was she went on a cycle ride with a student friend who was considerably younger than her.
“She was going to cycle round the world and they cycled as far as India.”
Illness saw their bid to pedal round the globe cut short, but the exhibition, which runs until September 27, looks back at her work over the years.
A sculptor, painter, photographer, printmaker and poet, the artist’s work focuses on nature in all its forms and shows influences from a variety of cultures, reflecting her many intrepid travels throughout her life.
The exhibition brings together artwork showing her eclectic approach and range, a new poetry book, and a short film based on her artistic book commemorating the tragedy of the HMY Iolaire off Stornoway in 1919.
In the early hours of the morning, Iolaire struck a group of rocks where upwards of 50 men were thrown into the sea.
It is thought that, although about 75 men survived, more than 200 people lost their lives.
Admission to the exhibition, which is open from Wednesday to Sunday, is free.
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