photography with multiple image overlays using adobe lightroom & photoshop. No AI but if used it will be annotated as such with the specific image.
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children' Native American Proverb
I attribute credit for the pieces here to Nature. I draw inspiration from the erosions, stains, etchings and crumblings on walls and surfaces. In these textures, I see environmental and social issues as messages in landscapes; it is serendipity and pareidolia at work
Pareidolia is deeply rooted in art history, as an example, many artists have intentionally painted hidden faces within their compositions, often in clouds. For my part I flip this order whereby my starting point is the existing hidden form residing on the wall or surface. By overlaying multiple images the original observation is developed until the narrative is fully exposed.
My intention from an environmental perspective is for the visual representations to highlight a needed mindfulness and to encourage a return of balance and harmony to our planet. I wish to send a thoughtful call for change inspired by the 'writings on the wall'.
THE REPAIR This piece began with a peeling painted metal door, whose white broken disk vent at the top appeared to me as a crescent moon above a rural landscape. By overlaying multiple images — wildflowers, webbed sticky tape, an actual landscape, and a deer — I developed this environmental narrative to reflect the ongoing need to restore balance and harmony to our planet by collective action in the face of global environmental breakdown.
RESILIENCE A cockerel is a rich symbol almost everywhere: it suggests dawn, vigilance, protection, pride, renewal, resilience, and the crossing from darkness into light.
A lone tree trunk crows its survival from a forest fire, standing as a stubborn witness in the ashes.
Climate change is often a major amplifier of these fires, turning seasonal risk into a repeated ordeal.
A lone tree trunk crows its survival from a forest fire, standing as a stubborn witness in the ashes.
Climate change is often a major amplifier of these fires, turning seasonal risk into a repeated ordeal.
LETTERS FROM A RECOVERED PLANET Passing a cement-rendered wall, I saw dark-stained patches that resembled countries on a globe, while the cement gathered at the base formed a distant mountain landscape. In Photoshop, I created an earth-like planet suspended in an armillary sphere, containing text on environmental targets. Combined, these elements suggest the possibility of planetary recovery through care, attention, and sustained environmental action as if this has been achieved on some distant neighbour.
THE SILENT BELL From an environmental perspective, this work imagines what may become of the landscape when care is neglected. The warning bell was rung many times , has been largely ignored but Nature will endure; man may not.
SEED 'Mighty oaks from little acorns grow' Most of us believe de-forestation has to be reversed.
PETAL POWER Hope that nature’s unwavering strength will prevail in the face of human impact on the environment.
TRIUMPH The sunflower becomes an emblem of endurance, where beauty is inseparable from environmental aggression and the lasting force of nature. It stands as a witness to ecological damage and the possibility of return, reminding us that nature endures even as it absorbs the consequences of our careless damage.
FATE & POWER Wealth, authority, and power, when used selfishly, place the natural world under pressure. Stumbling across a peeling painted wall, I saw a pale and unsettling figure hovering between menace and memory, as if the surface itself were concealing a threat. Set against decay and the suggestion of a weapon, the image feels charged with unease, while mushrooms at the base imply the stubborn persistence of life and the slow, uneasy work of regeneration. The work reflects ecological fragility, the violence of domination, and the possibility of recovery that remains tentative
ESCAPE Walking through the city I came across a stained and paint-peeling wall. The dark-stained cement with peeling paint was not what I saw. I saw a seascape of rolling waves and a dramatic sky above revealing a message about rising sea levels and the pressures of a changing climate.
By adding a sofa — from which a man is carried aloft, away from a wave about to engulf him — it suggests the denial of environmental crisis is futile and dangerous.
By adding a sofa — from which a man is carried aloft, away from a wave about to engulf him — it suggests the denial of environmental crisis is futile and dangerous.
NORTH STAR We urgently need to navigate away from the alarming decline of global biodiversity caused by habitat loss, climate change, and human activities. Animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants are all affected and ultimately ourselves.
FROM THE ASHES The earth will remember how to heal but we have to remember how to participate if we wish to survive.
WHALE & ICEBERGS Melting polar ice caps threaten whale and marine habitats by disrupting food chains and migration routes. Artificial cloud cover, a form of geo-engineering, could help mitigate climate change by reflecting sunlight and reducing global temperatures, but it carries significant risks and uncertainties about its effects on weather patterns and ecosystems.
DES RES Urban centres expand into rural areas and green field sights; only some animals adapt well others fail and biodiversity declines.
HoOPoE Rising temperatures and prolonged drought conditions create environments more susceptible to wildfires; a familiar current trend worldwide. Global warming, a natural phenomenon or man induced?
THRUSH & TEN CRANES A silhouetted profile absorbs the dilemma in quiet knowledge. A thrush sings a lament, carrying both mourning and hope as it looks to the cranes and a building site above. The work speaks to the loss of green spaces and the fragile state of the natural world, asking us to take these losses more seriously.
THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL 02 10 soccer fields of forest disappear every minute.
ROOTED Can nature and cities co-exist?
THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL 07 Industry and industrial farming pollute waterways. The release of chemicals, nutrients, plastics, and waste fatally harms wildlife and ecosystems, poisoned by the contaminated water.
THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL The threat of rising sea levels ironically contrasts sharply with a growing freshwater shortage. Climate change disturbs the Earth's delicate ecological balance as we have known it.
RESTORATION From a textured wall, stained and covered in lichen, a landscape gathers in a hush of light. A crowned Buddhist figure lifts it's hands as as if to release and protect butterflies that drift upward, symbols of hope and freedom rising. The work holds renewal and grace, offering a gentle vision of cleaner energy, restored ecosystems, and a more balanced relationship with the living world.
FIELD OF FLOWERS Passing a shop window of surreal objet d’art, I was drawn to a porcelain Buddha—or perhaps a Bodhisattva—crowned with an impressive bouquet of flowers. It became the companion to a recent photograph of a repaired concrete wall, patched and softly mottled with fungi, from which a meadow of flowers seemed to grow. One speaks of compassion and enlightenment; the other of biodiversity, soil health, and the fragile shelter needed by pollinators in a changing climate. Wildflower fields and areas of land left untouched by man support biodiversity and help combat climate change by improving soil health, capturing carbon, and providing essential habitats for pollinators.
RETURN Reforestation is a key step in returning to sustainability, restoring ecosystems, absorbing carbon and promoting long-term environmental balance.
CONCRETE MOUNTAINS Concrete is a major contributor to climate change due to its carbon-intensive production process, but innovations in sustainable alternatives, such as low-carbon concrete and recycled materials, offer hope for reducing negative environmental impact.
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