Turning The Tide

I am a visual artist based in South Devon. My practice spans printmaking, drawing, photography, book making and film. Through my work, I interrogate the reciprocal relationship between body and landscape.

I work across all seasons and weathers, along the same stretch of tideline and rocks. Through this rhythm of return, I explore the intricate changes along the shore: the deposits of woods, plastics, abundant seaweed, the seagrasses and the salt secreted in the rock cracks. This intimate act of looking is set against monumental, rapid change. The cliff edge is receding, its red earth falling and seeping into the beach. Changing weather and ecological patterns are etched into the rocks.

My current project, ‘Turning the Tide,’ records the lyrical play of taut and slack of seaweed strands caught along the tideline. My own thoughts and feelings emerge in the knots and lines that are written before me. They strike me as embodying different moods of joy, sorrow, humour, anxiety. They point to a fragility with their brief existence, awaiting the next high tide. I work quickly in situ, making photographs, drawings, films, imprints. Through these prints, I want to communicate how my creative process is fundamentally performative, exploring the interplay between natural and human spirit. These images engage us in reflecting on scale, unsettling our understanding of our own place in the landscape; revealing how small details can stay with us; can move us.

One of a series of six inkjet prints on Japanese Kozo paper from the  ‘Turning the Tide.’ project.

Inkjet print on Japanese Kozo paper 

59x84cm

Unframed