Artist Statement
I’m a lens based artist who works with photography, predominately old photographic processes, as well as drawing and gravure etching. My work is concerned with identity, language and place, concentrating on conceptions of landscape and settlement, from ancient archaeology to more modern habitation. I'm interested in historical depictions of the Scottish and Irish landscape in contemporary visual culture, and explore ideas and representations of 'spirit of place'. Conservation, land use and renewables are also a theme in my work, as are issues of land ownership and exploitation. These themes have been explored in my series ‘Point of the Deliverance’ which looked at the impact of the Corrib Gas Pipeline in Ireland, and ‘Stacashal’ which looked at the role Peatlands play in carbon capture in Scotland.
My work is collaborative in nature, and has involved archaeologists, writers and poets as well as film makers and musicians. Drawing on these fields I create large scale installation pieces which attempt to re-examine how we experience the landscape.
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