JAMES' STUDIO IN LOWER HARRAPOOL, SKYE, LOOKS OUT ACROSS THE INNER SOUND AND THE CROWLIN ISLANDS TO THE APPLECROSS AREA OF MAINLAND SCOTLAND. THIS PART OF THE COASTLINE FROM BROADFORD TO KYLEAKIN ( KYLE DERIVES FROM THE GAELIC WORD CAOL MEANING NARROW) IS STRUNG WITH SMALL HAMLETS THE ONLY REMAINS OF A ONCE FLOURISHING CROFTING, FISHING COMMUNITY. FURTHER SOUTH DOWN THE COAST, ISLE ORNSAY LIGHTHOUSE BUILT BY R.L. STEVENSON'S FATHER SITS ON A TIDAL ISLAND IN THE SOUND OF SLEAT, A SINUOUS STRETCH OF WATER SEPERATING MAINLAND GLENELG FROM SLEAT. SCANNING THE SKIES FROM EAST TO WEST; MAINLAIND; ISLANDS; COASTLINE; LOCHS AND SEA FOLD INTO EACH OTHER IN A SWIRL OF LAND AND SEAFORMS. AS IN JAMES' WORK THERE ARE NO STRAIGHT LINES.