artist statement

experience of landscape

 

I make prints, paintings, films and installations that explore my connection and experience with coastal and rocky places. I work with local materials such as earth pigments, seaweed and rocks and intend to establish a connection with place in the work itself.

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My coastal pilgrimages began as a child and the excitement, feeling of aliveness and freedom of escaping from the everyday continue today. I am interested in the ways in which humans connect to the environment at the coast and how we look at and use these spaces.

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My work connects to themes of time, embodied landscape, memory and belonging. I am interested in responding to the specific geology and features in a place by focusing on its materiality and environmental markers. I want to give my audience an opportunity to reconsider our place in these liminal spaces where the land meets the sea. I like to have a sense of uncertainty and ambiguity in my work that leaves an openness for interpretation and space for the viewer to reflect. I hope to find ways to consider the familiar in a different way.

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