A series of still life photographic images capturing the light that now occupies the space left behind once cleared of its belongings.
All His Rights shot in 2019 is the result of a year long research project on the Holnicote Estate and Exmoor National Park. Working with the National Trust deer stalker i was able to track deer and meet many of the people that are passoinate about their protection. Red deer are wild and hard to get close to on the one hand but it is the complex relationships that divide a community and country that are explored in this work.
Part document, part fiction, Blue Hills maps both the external lanscape of the Schottish Highlands and an internal journey in search of a secret. The film slowly unfolds as we move through the landscape offering possible narratives. Blue Hills explores the creation of a secret hide-away known to many but found by few.
A portrait of obsessions - both animal and human, Mute Swan depicts the daily rituals of collecting, fixing, preening and foraging for useful debris to fashion an alternative habitat.
Shot in an inner London urban environment where inhabitants co-exist in an alternative space reclaimed by both human and animals alike.
When Time Slides by Slowly - a solo show by the artist resulted from a 3 month residency at Tylee Cottage in Whanganui in New Zealand 2010.
Works included Candy Twitcher, a bird hide made from recycled timber, Peekaboo, a two screened video monitor work and This Kind of Silence a large two screened projection work.
The viewer enters, lifting the flap to reveal what is adjacent. Setting up a flaux bird watching scenario where the head of the bird oscillates within the screen adjacent to the hide uttering the odd phrase to be deciphered by the passing viewer. Made from recycled timber reminiscent of interior kitchens found in New Zealand in the 60s this hide becomes both a hiding place and a viewing platform within the gallery to experience the work.
Videoing seemingly vacant and banal sites the resulting piece This Kind of Silence shows that things are never still. The artist pairs images together in a witty yet formal manner to engage the viewer using visual prompts. The work does not offer resolve or closure but takes us on a journey to non arrival.
Shot in one day, the paper weight acts as a lense onto the world below. Light shifts as the day is documented and compressed, capturing the everyday activities on an inner city street.
