Entangled

Web and Prey, North Wales, UK, digital photo. 2024.

Many of my artworks derive from sketched and photographic studies I make daily. I am particularly drawn to naturally made entangled worlds.

After a challenging start to the week at university, I’m happily back at home for a few days. Like so many, I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which often wreaks havoc on my mental wellbeing. My feeble therapy lamp is no substitute for the real daylight that I need, and I yearn to be outside in the garden.

The past several months of weeding, planting has produced many rewards, and several losses, due to crazy amount of rain we’ve had this year. Slugs and Snails were in their element as they chomped away through ornamentals and edibles we’d sowed, planted and nurtured from seed. I desperately hold on to the few hours of daylight as much as I can. My once soil stained hands are eager to prepare for the season ahead. Winter Solstice promises the transition into a new year filled with hope for a better harvest in the garden and more focus on my studio practice.

I need the small interludes from nature everyday to keep me grounded.