New work

These are two pieces I recently did towards coursework – made with raw earth pigments, acrylics and inks on paper.

‘Memory 1’ Earth pigments, inks and acrylics on Atlantis 400gsm paper 22x22cm

‘Memory 2’ Earth pigments, inks and acrylics on pre-prepared (with gypsum) Atlantis 400gsm paper 22x22cm

Iceland

I have just returned from my trip through Wales and Ireland up to Iceland. Yep, it was pretty epic. I took gigs of photos and videos, which I’m sure will be the source of inspiration in my artistic life for a long time to come! The photo above was taken at Dynjandi Falls, which is in the Westfjords area – I thought this was the best place to be throughout the whole trip, completely fell in love with it. The Westfjords region is very remote and I understand they are trying all sorts of initiatives to get people to come and settle there … so that’s on my to-do list at the moment.

The flip side to all this gallivanting around is that I caught the plague bug, so am now in isolation until it goes away. I’ve not had it too bad, just a lot of sneezing, coughing, blowing nose …