My work is concerned with the materials and processes of landscape; both natural and fabricated. Land form, surface and space; water; vegetation; light; weather; built structures; habitats (for humans/wildlife); time & change are central elements of my practice as an artist and as a landscape architect.
I make intuitive artwork which explores simultaneously the microscopic and the infinite; the spontaneous and deliberate; the transient and eternal. I map land, water and skies that are real, imagined, theoretical or unknown. Light and time are both subject and medium in my current work with cyanotype and solargraphy.
My parallel interest in weaving began as a means of connecting directly with the materials of landscape and place; and to investigate this ancient craft as a novel method of ‘drawing’.
Methods of working involve precise actions (application of marks, tone, poured paint, woven stitches) and serendipity – allowing the materials to follow their own request. Leaving empty, unoccupied space on the canvas, paper or loom offers an opportunity for contemplation; it is the viewers’ task to fill in the gaps, to complete the work.
I aspire to make raw, simple work in an age of visual stimulation and information overload.
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