Rosa’s story is told on linen

AN exhibition in Glasgow shows 21 large linen hangings telling the story of a

Nicaraguan family through the Sandanista revolution and its collapse.

The images were created over 28 years by Irvine artist, author and art therapist Fiona Macintosh and were originally used to illustrate her 2016 book Rosa of the Wild Grass.

Ms Macintosh met her friend Rosa in the early 1980s when she went to live in Nicaragua as a young art school graduate.

In addition to the hangings, which are on display in the Briggait building’s main hall, in Glasgow, until January 17, there are prints plus artworks by members of Project Ability, a Glasgow visual arts organisation working with people who have disabilities and mental health issues.

One of the artist’s core interests is the nature of communities and the support they provide in hard times.

She said: “It was through a sense of community that families like Rosa’s survived those decades of dictatorship.” www.rosaofthewildgrass.com