Earth Magick
Spiritual connection to place
Landscapes; historical, geological, spiritual, mythical and folklore. There is more to see than what is on the surface, layering of strata and meaning. A meditation on nature, how it is felt within.
Exploring beyond what is visual, capturing a fleeting moment, a sense of place. The anticipation of the storm rolling in off the sea and the sun breaking through the clouds. Sitting in the studio absorbing the warmth of the sun, welcoming after a tough winter. The sounds of birds and glimpses of yellow daffodils signalling spring is emerging and longer days of light are coming.
Celebrating the cycles of nature at home and in the art studio.
This work marks a turning point of looking closer at nature, moon cycles, looking deeper, being still, listening in and switching off. This shift in practice started with landscape work becoming more desolate and isolated reflecting how I was feeling. There was a sudden shift in thinking and remembering old ways. I decided to incorporate this into new works; more illustrative, symbolic, new narratives and meaning. Artists adapt to their surroundings and seek it out, exploring and evolving.
How do you define landscape?
What is your connection or experience?
Something to build on, travel over or through?
Grow on, crawl under, bury the dead, meditate on
Is it political, environmental?
A place of discovery, making memories, seeking the unknown?
Myths, legends, ancestors, folklore, spiritual, portals, underland, uninhabited, sacred, concrete, urban, rural, industrial, polluted, desolate.
Wild
An unwritten story…
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Exploring beyond what is visual, capturing a fleeting moment, a sense of place. The anticipation of the storm rolling in off the sea and the sun breaking through the clouds. Sitting in the studio absorbing the warmth of the sun, welcoming after a tough winter. The sounds of birds and glimpses of yellow daffodils signalling spring is emerging and longer days of light are coming.
Celebrating the cycles of nature at home and in the art studio.
This work marks a turning point of looking closer at nature, moon cycles, looking deeper, being still, listening in and switching off. This shift in practice started with landscape work becoming more desolate and isolated reflecting how I was feeling. There was a sudden shift in thinking and remembering old ways. I decided to incorporate this into new works; more illustrative, symbolic, new narratives and meaning. Artists adapt to their surroundings and seek it out, exploring and evolving.
How do you define landscape?
What is your connection or experience?
Something to build on, travel over or through?
Grow on, crawl under, bury the dead, meditate on
Is it political, environmental?
A place of discovery, making memories, seeking the unknown?
Myths, legends, ancestors, folklore, spiritual, portals, underland, uninhabited, sacred, concrete, urban, rural, industrial, polluted, desolate.
Wild
An unwritten story…
Click to see whole image