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Made by inscribing a fragment of a poem that fades into one word repeated to the end of the painting, the painting references the power of water to shape and carve rock and memories that connect poetry to the land and the folk that live there.

I want my paintings to be like water. No I don’t really mean wet. I mean that quality of a gentle material that shows great strength over time, shaping and arranging the borders of its control. Water as a county of its own, in harmony with its neighbour land.

Geometrical Geology

I watched the snow clouds alternately conceal and reveal the surrounding hills from me. Being lost on these hills I know so well made me think about the significance of using a map and compass to discover your position in an area and the effect of memories and time on remembered landscapes. For this image I took the text and grid from a map of the area to show the hidden mathematics supporting the rock. I like that taking the information out of context transforms it into a mysterious code.

Oooold work...

For a giggle, I'm showing you a picture I made when I was fourteen!

Water jar totem

A look at sentimentality towards our surroundings by making multiples of my favourite jar for water when painting.Part of the materiality and meaning project.

The barnacles advance...

The barnacle sculpture is tried out for scale and my friend Harriette made me a teeny weeny frog!!