‘tools of forestation’

In 2019 I undertook a Croft Residency and immersed myself in the local woods, stepping away from my use of text. The woodland at the croft is gradually being blown down by the westerly winds. I involved myself in chopping and sawing up the fallen trees for firewood to burn both indoors and out. This immersion within the forest resulted in painting aspects of both the natural forms of the forest and the man made tools used within it. But my love of text allowed me to incorporate two circular poems alongside a playful way of titling each work. These paintings were exhibited at the SSA ‘Time Spent with Trees’ at the Meffan Gallery and ‘cracker’ was exhibited at the RA summer show.

Alongside the oil paintings many ink drawings of trees were created, see more on my ‘woods’ page.