Responding to Nature

Responding to Nature

I’ve now been spending time getting to know Gosforth Nature Reserve as their Artist in Residence for around 6 weeks. My time on site is spent walking and observing, listening to birdsong, taking photographs and sketching. Most of the sketching has been done in...
Artist Residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve

Artist Residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve

In April, May and June this year I will be working as Artist in Residence at Gosforth Nature Reserve, for the Natural History Society of Northumberland. I spoke to them about what I hope the project will mean, both to myself and to visitors to the reserve. Can you...
Exploring the North Sea

Exploring the North Sea

  It’s a huge privilege to live near the coast. Once you’ve experienced it, it’s very difficult to move away. Whether you like to swim, surf or just walk along the beach, it’s an addictive presence. One of my favourite things to do is to...
Nature’s Cycle: a new print series

Nature’s Cycle: a new print series

Last year, we were all shocked and appalled at the felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap.  The incident led me to think a lot about the power of nature to renew – already, a seedling grown from the tree has been replanted. The roots continue to feed the stump,...
Ex Libris: a commission

Ex Libris: a commission

It’s not very often that an opportunity comes along to create something unique and personal in printmaking. Relief prints, by their nature, can be printed repeatedly from a single block, and are therefore usually made in editions of (nearly) identical prints, to be...