‘dividing line 2012’
Animated image / DVD

‘sandset i & ii’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted, 18″ x 12″

‘A beautiful exhibition, clean pure and spare’ …

‘inner glow i & ii’
Giclee prints, block mounted
30″ x 20″

‘heavy weather i, ii, iii, iv’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted, 18″ x 12″

‘Love the darkness’….

‘another world i, ii & iii’
Floating acrylic Giclee prints, framed 16″ x 16″

‘through the’, ‘living space’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted 30″ x 20″

‘leaf light i’
Floating acrylic Giclee print, framed 30″ x 20″

‘Excellent inspiring work.  Great food for thought’….

‘into the trees i & ii’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted
40″ x 26″

‘we’ve landed’, ‘point of view’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted
26″ x 20″

‘Pushing a new way to perceive landscape’

‘sea farm’
Projected Lightjet FujiClear print

‘Impressive, original and atmospheric’….

‘city rising i’, ‘lakeland light’, ‘up in the air’
Giclee prints, aluminium mounted, 40″ x 26″

‘A moving show’….      ’Flawlessly executed’….

‘What you see is what you see‘ – a solo exhibition of ‘quiet photography’ for the Bristol Photography Festival curated by Louise Copping.

Thursday 17th May to Sunday 27th May 2012

‘What you see is what you see‘ is a solo exhibition of my ‘quiet photography’ for the Bristol Photography Festival curated by Louise Copping.

The show at the Motorcade/FlashParade gallery will run from Thursday 17th May to Sunday 27th May (12-6pm) open on Thursday through to Sunday both weeks.

I’m continuing to experiment shooting through glass.  The rain and light on the glass really enhances the feeling of being in the Lake District – the wind, rain and the movement of the trees.

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I continue to explore the minimum use of colour to create create short atmospheric sequences.  The conditions on the top of Snaefell (the highest point on the island), were perfect, take a look at the images I’ve added to the Isle of Man gallery page.  You’re supposed to be able to see England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from here!!

For more information: Number 40 @Southbank Arts Trail

Following the weeks residency I created two groups of work to be shown at the farm throughout June:

‘WOOD WORKINGS’
A constant theme of my work is the human interaction with landscape.  Whilst walking the woodlands that surround Little Dodnash Farm I became increasingly in awe of the trees, and fascinated by the process through which they are managed.  ‘Wood Workings’ documents the human relationship with the woodlands, and ultimately reflects on how; through domestic occupation and husbandry we leave a transitory mark on this environment.

See Gallery – Wood Workings for images from the collection.

’5 WORDS – SHADOWS ON A RURAL IDYLL’

Responding to the question – ‘give me 5 words that describe your feelings about living in a Rural Idyll’, the owner of Little Dodnash farm replied:

Solitude, Panic, Pleasure, Hardwork and Comfort.

’5 Words – shadows on a rural idyll’ uses these words as inspiration for a series of shadow based photo-ascetates constructed and photographed   at the farm during the residency in March. Through the use of Real-time graphical programming the photographs have subsequently been transformed into five animations (one for each word) and shown as a site-specific installation in the farms wood cutting yard.

It should be noted that although the inspiration for the piece sprang from the owner’s feelings about living in a rural idyll, its creation and ultimate presentation are based on my own responses to spending time at Little Dodnash Farm.  My main aim was to produce a piece that creates unity and provides equal weight to all five words, so giving us an insight into reality behind living in a Rural Idyll.

illuminate Longest Night

Just wrapping up my work on last December’s illuminate Longest Night, event, which kept me busy for the later part of 2010. Through illuminate I produce arts-based events that promote and reflect both the creativity and rich history of the area of South Bristol.  By engaging all communities illuminates aim is to generate interest and regeneration in the area.

Through using shop windows and disused properties to show work by nationally renowned Bristol based artists, illuminate hope to achieve two outcomes; i) to break down the barrier of getting people into traditional art galleries and ii) to give Bristol artists the opportunity to show in their home town.

ʻThe Longest Nightʼ built on the successful format of the illuminate ʻSpring Forwardʼ event by expanding into a five-day festive event that transform the lower end of North St into a festive spectacle with a series of shop windows created by Green Ginger, Kathy Hinde, Nathan Hughes, Luke Jerram and Joe Magee, plus a gallery/exhibition space and external projections by Ulf Pederson.

The event is thought to have been a great success – a community celebration to brighten up the winter nights that despite the sub-zero conditions was enjoyed by all…