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HydroPoetics
A series of Automatic Drawings (2021-24)

Made through a series of meditative processes, these ‘blind’ drawings capture messages or inscriptions from the plants living in my studio or further afield.

An attempt to convey a sensory understanding of plants as collaborators. Each drawing is unique.

They can be read as a series of notations: a score for lively processes.

Chalk on Black, Canford paper (150gsm)


Framed £575, Unframed £395

(2021)

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Chalk on Black, Canford paper (150gsm)
Edition 1 of 1

Unframed £395

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(2021) Sprout

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Chalk on Black, Canford paper (150gsm)

Edition 1 of 1

Unframed £395

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(2022) Seed

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Chalk on Black, Canford paper (150gsm)

Edition 1 of 1

Unframed £395

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An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper.

Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Edition 1 of 1


Held in a Private Collection

Germination (2022)

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.


Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Framed in a Reclaimed Sapele wood, with non-reflective glass

Edition 1 of 1

Featured in the 170 Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Sept 2023 - Jan 2024

Held in the Human Geography collection, University of Bristol

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(2022)

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

This work was created during an eco-art residency in Summer 2022, within the pine forests of Porto Selvaggio, Nardò, Southern Italy.

Framed in a Reclaimed Sapele wood, with non-reflective glass
Edition 1 of 1

Held in a Private Collection

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(2021)

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.


Chalk on Black, Canford paper (150gsm)
Edition 1 of 1

£395 Unframed

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(2021)

An original artwork from an ongoing series of evocative Automatic drawings, documenting plant life | human communication.

Each drawing is created through a meditative process, where I connect with the spirit of the plants in situ, before placing my chalk on the paper. Turning the paper away from my body and creating each drawing through a 'blind' process enables my complete engagement with the sensorial qualities of the plants.

Edition 1 of 1

Held in a Private Collection

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