artist printmaker
#tableauxofdreams – exploring other avenues 01
I am about to embark on a new body of work, ‘All that I know’. Although that’s slightly misleading, because I have felt this idea wriggling around in my head for quite some time. To be more precise, I think I am about to put pen to paper.
#elevatedplains – distant horizons 01
A flat plain atop a hill in the Chilterns looks like an easily defendable position and a suitable site to build a fort or stronghold.
#timeandtide – metamorphosis 01
There are two sundials on the south side of Lincoln Cathedral (consecrated 1092), with the inscription reminding us that ‘time passes quickly’ – a view you can understand when something has been around for over a thousand years, but measured against geological time it is insignificant.
#signatureoftime – growth and decay 01
The mix of shapes, colours and textures on the forest floor is a delight to the eye and a larder for those animals and foragers that depend on it for their food. To me it is a ‘signature of time’ and a fertile place from which new life will grow.
#connectinginterlocking – leading to other places 01
While hiking through woodlands I was delighted to find this perfect example of a natural bridge formed by a tree that had fallen across a steep ditch. Firmly anchored at both ends it provides a stable crossing point.
#structuralcurves – noble grandeur 01
This doorway on Lincoln Cathedral’s north side is a feast of decorative arches and curves that build an illusion of great depth while drawing the eye ever upwards. Only the door openings are structural, while the two outer arches elegantly fill what would otherwise have been a blank wall.
#CLOSE-UP – ALL ABOUT SCALE 02
The elements have sculpted what remains of this tree stump into vertical strata that resemble a geological cross section.
Look closely at this decaying tree stump and you can imagine a crumbling mountain covered with tropical vegetation.
