The natural environment of Orkney is strongly influencing my recent work, particularly the constant, dynamic movement of water and weather. I am thinking a lot about what it means to live on an island surrounded by the wide sea horizon, and experiencing that as a kind of radical openness and connectedness to the world; an island understood as open rather than insular, a shoreline as a permeable and shifting meeting point, rather than a fixed boundary.
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Cold Wave, gouache, pigment ink and gesso on paper, 58cm x 80cm
Floating Edges, pigment ink and gesso on cradled poplar, 41cm x 51cm
Above and Below, gesso, gouache and pigment ink on paper, 55cm x 92cm
Wintry Shower, pigment ink and gouache on paper, 20cm x 20cm
Pale Wave, pigment ink and gesso on cradled poplar, 41cm x 51cm
Cloudy, pigment ink and gesso on cradled poplar, 41cm x 51cm
Green Wave, pigment ink and gesso on paper, 58cm x 93cm
Incoming Tide, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on paper, 50cm x 70cm
Birsay Pool, pigment ink, gesso and gouache on plywood, 30cm x 42cm
Winter Wave, pigment ink, gesso and gouache on plywood, 30cm x 43cm
Sea Churn, iridescent ink, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on paper, 33cm x 52cm
Solstice, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on cradled board, 41cm x 41cm
Spray, pigment ink and gouache on paper, 20cm x 20cm
Cold Plunge, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on cradled poplar, 41cm x 51cm
White Water, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on cradled poplar, 41cm x 51cm
Rain Coming On, pigment ink, gesso, gouache on pine board, 30cm x 30cm
Winter Pool, pigment ink, gesso on plywood, 30cm x 42cm
Rockool, pigment ink, gouache and gesso on paper, 32cm x 49cm