Where do you get your artistic inspirations and how do they influence your work?

I live and work in Scarborough where my practice focuses on exploring human connections to nature and evolving environmental threats. Inspired by my everyday surroundings, my work reflects on themes such as loss, impermanence and processes of change. I work across disciplines but am particularly drawn to photography and installation, often working with a combination of digital and alternative photographic practices, video, text, performance and found objects. I particularly enjoy responding to a specific space or context through temporary interventions. Since moving from an urban to a more rural environment a few years ago, my work have increasingly become concerned with the fragile relationship between the natural world and human infrastructure, with a particular focus on the effects of rising sea levels and coastal erosion. My environmental concerns impact my creative process too, as I try to work where possible with materials with a low carbon footprint, often recycling and repurposing, and questioning what I feel the need to produce and why.

What is your artistic background and current practice?

Originally from London where I trained in Fine Art, I have exhibited in solo and group shows across the UK and in Barcelona, Spain, where I was previously based. I have carried out residencies, most recently in London, and was a 2023 finalist for the Scott Creative Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award. I have a studio at the Old Parcels Office Artspace in Scarborough, where I am also Trustee and lead the studio artists collective.

Can you tell me about your submitted work, ‘Aqua, terra, (f)lux (ii)’?

Aqua, terra, (f)lux (ii) is a series of works that use the cyanotype process to explore the meeting point of land, water and light. Inspired by my walks on the beach observing the patterns formed by the clay that trickles down from the cliffs onto the beach and towards the sea. Using this very same clay, I experiment to let it create its own trace on cyanotype coated paper that is then left to expose over a period of time. This ongoing project wishes to reflect on the processes that shape and affect landforms over time and the constant flux of the shoreline.

Aaua, terra, (f)lux (ii)

Cyanotype

44cmx33cm (including frame)

2023

£175