Hiking in the Lake District
In September we stayed in Kendal & Keswick and did a lot of day hikes. Superb changes of light and lots of interesting tree and rock forms. Silhouettes of trees and bushes along a steep-sloping hill. Lime-green lichen. The dark pool of Blackmoss Pot. A beautiful rowan festooned in berries. Thoughts of Coleridge and Wordsworth, and John Ruskin, with his steady eye and hand, making beautiful drawings and watercolours
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Trees, roots & fields
The endlessly varied forms of trees are fascinating – the way they cling with clenched roots to a wall or tor, or seem to hold the ground around them, standing upright between earth and sky. Bleached moorland grasses on Dartmoor. Stone circles whispering of ancient rites and beliefs
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Studio images and collected objects
I am always adding things found on walks to the collections of reference material that I have in my studio – seeds, leaves, stones, twigs and grasses – along with pressed flowers. Over the years, drawings of these appear within the works I am making. I suppose I also like having them around me as I work – sparks of detail to prompt memories of places and events
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