Scotland Maps Pins and Buttons
Description: Scotland is a country that covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain and includes more than 790 smaller islands. It shares a border with England to the southeast as well as a maritime border with Eire. I painted this map shortly before the independence referendum of 2014 and included it in a piece I wrote on my website: https://ericbrightwell.com/2014/09/17/the-50-best-scottish-bands-of-all-time/
Description: In 2019, Belle & Sebastian organized a Mediterranean cruise featuring them and a whole host of other bands, including Camera Obscura, Teenage Fanclub, Tracyanne & Danny, the Vaselines, and Yo La Tengo, Buzzcocks, Alvvays, Campfire Social, Django Django, Elisabeth Elektra, Hinds, Honeyblood, Japanese Breakfast, Kelly Lee Owens, Nilüfer Yanya, Wet Look, Whyte Horses, and Wojtek the Bear. It was my first cruise -- and although I had a great time, quite possibly my last~ https://ericbrightwell.com/2019/10/14/where-fools-fear-to-tread-cruising-the-mediterranean-aboard-the-boaty-weekender/
