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My paintings start by walking, slowing down to encounter the nuances of the landscape and gathering a spectrum of site-specific colours affected by light, weather and time. 

This has developed a sustainability and care-focused practice centred on material, form and a real drive to capture the total experience and tangibility of landscape. 

I stitch together remnant materials and gather earth and stone from the landscapes I draw to create pigments. By using these colour palettes rooted in place, I’m highlighting often overlooked aspects of the landscape to translate a more sustained experience. 

The paintings elevate colour: a speck of heather becomes a bulbous form of unusual purple, the pale gray-green of dry lichen moves across the composition or the deep blues of arctic-alpine flora become heavy, grounding the painting.