Ecoprints

My artwork works on the evocative and subdued effects of layered colour and texture from botanical dyes; I combine the visuals and stories of place and memory using a contact print process from plants and found objects. Drawing or stitches are then added as a means of mapping and recording my responses to the landscape. I work with cloth, paper, windfall plants and leaves, local weeds and parasitic plants, minerals and water to create the image.

My inspiration of place can use the distant mountains, the wetlands and shorelines or the forests of the National Parks. The mark making and fine lines flowing through the work are reflections of the ‘well trodden path’. My artwork uses the evocative and subdued effects of layered colour and texture from botanical dyes, mark making and eco prints rather than from reproducing nature exactly.

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