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Anns a鈥檖hr貌gram seo tha Fraoch a鈥檇猫anamh dealbh dhen sgeulaiche Essie Sti霉bhart. Heather Dewar draws a colour portrait of storyteller and traveller Essie Stewart.

Tha Fraoch Nic an De貌ir a 脤le air ais air an sgrion le sreath 霉r de 鈥淒healbhan Fraoich鈥. An d脿 chuid na t猫-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a鈥檇猫anamh dealbhan dathte de Gh脿idheil air a bheil sinn e貌lach 鈥 agus a鈥檛脿ladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha. Anns a鈥檖hr貌gram seo tha Fraoch a鈥檇猫anamh dealbh dhen sgeulaiche Essie Sti霉bhart. Tha Essie an-diugh a鈥檉uireach ann an Drochaid a鈥橞hanna, ach bha m貌ran dhe beatha air rothaidean na h-Alba: bhuineadh i dhan teaghlach Sti霉bhart a bha measg an d貌rlach mu dheireadh a lean caitheamh-beatha traidiseanta an luchd-siubhail.

Islay-born Heather Dewar returns to our screens with another series of 鈥淒ealbhan Fraoich鈥. Combining the role of artist and interviewer, she creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

This episode sees Heather draw storyteller Essie Stewart. Essie lives in the village of Bonar Bridge but has spent much of her life as a traveller. Her family, the Stewarts, were one of the last to live in the traditional traveller way.

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