Landscape, nature and the relationship between human constructions and orders and the natural world continue to be a primary concern, both in my visual work and in the writing. Here is a selection of drawings, studies and a few paintings.
Ruskin argued that if you attend closely enough to a humble stone you will learn all you need to know about mountains. Maybe he was right.
Stone 30 July 06 Graphite and wash Approx 10 x 15 ins
Study fossil wasp c2006 10 x 8 ins
Monet’s Parasol detail Oct 2008 Watercolour Approx 14 x 10 ins
Study rock and water JanFeb 2008 12 x 8 ins
Oystercatcher 1 2009 Graphite on paper Approx 8 x 14ins
Study Jan 2010 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 24 ins
Three Trees Mar 2010 Graphite 32 x 22 ins
Brother Lawrence’s Tree Mar 2010 Graphite 32 x 22 ins
Two trees Oct 2010 Graphite 32 x 22 ins
Tree and cloister Oct 2010 Graphite 22 x 32 ins
Woodbury Pine Oct 2010 Graphite 32 x 22 ins
One Tree c2011 Graphite 32 x 22 ins
Listen to the Music March 2012 Graphite on paper 19 x 27 ins
Hovering Nov 2012-Jan 2013 Graphite 19×27 ins
Where the stream begins Jan 2013 Graphite & pastel 19×27 ins
The text reads: Somewhere here the stream begins
heading down to the river
and to the sea
It has no beginning, no end
just a trickle becoming a torrent
cloud becoming ocean
The churchyard Jan 2013 Graphite & pastel 19×27 ins
The text reads: From gravestones and old yew
lives rise and fall
remembered, then forgotten
talking, then talked about
then silence