Synthetic Landscape
Working with discarded plastic, splash guards and industrial remnants collected from road side lay-bys and hedges in Somerset - I wonder if I should coin this Magpie-ing, I treat these materials as active participants rather than blank supports. Responding to their existing shapes, weathered surfaces and histories, these works emerge through a raw conversation between paint and debris I collect, where expressive abstraction collides with the reality of a manufactured rural landscape. I'm interested in the geometries of human intervention - for example the sharp divisions of the farmed fields in the farming community where I live, channelled bodies of water and managed hedge lines. Pitting these structured terrains against the grit of consumer waste, these pieces might question where a painting ends and a contemporary, engineered landscape begins.
Rhyne Boundary, emulsion, tape, cardboard, card, charcoal, road marking spray, wood and form on paper, 114 x 117cm, June 2026
Sufficient Drainage (I hope), plastic splash guard, wood, builldog clip, emulsion, household gloss, felt tip and charcoal on card, 110 x 90cm approx, June 2026
Harbour, emulsion, oil, oil pastel, plastic tape, charcoal, cement, paper and bricks on card, 117 x 118 cm, June 2026
Somerset Rhynes, plastic, metal, emulsion, and rubber on card, 105 x 85cm, June 2026
Splash Shield , plastic, emulsion, charcoal and clips on card, 117 x 80cm x 23cm, June 2026
Pathless, emulsion, gloss, charcoal, felt pen, plastic and paper tape and plastic mounted on card, 110 x 85cm approx, May 2026
Grow Medium, charcoal, emulsion, paper tape, crayon, oil pastel and spray marker on card mounted on wood, 105 x 76cm approx, May 2026
Untitled, household emulsion, crayon, charcoal, felt tip and denim on card, 105 x 98cm approx, May 2026
Urban Compost emulsion, crayon, charcoal, thread, felt tip, earth, wood and metal on card, 110 x 140cm approx, May 2026
Splash Shield 2, upcycled household paint, papier mache, tape, grass, bale twine, plastic, charcoal and line marking spray on card, 100 x 84 x 7cm, May 2026
Bracken, charcoal, emulsion, plastic netting, tape, leaves, grass, oil pastel and spray marker on card, 80 x 50cm, May 2026
Gone for a Wander, emulsion, charcoal, acrylic, felt pen, sharpie, gloss and collage on canvas, 40 x 50cm, April 2026
