01 / Painting

Earth and Bone.

Locally gathered pigments. Slow transformations. The landscape becoming both subject and medium.

'Bone Black, Red and Yellow Ochre' 2024. Oil on MDF.

'Yellow Ochre' 2024. 20cm x 20cm Oil on Canvas

'Earth pigment series' 2025. 20cm x 20cm. Oil on canvas

'Red Ochre' 2024. 20cm x 20cm Oil on canvas.

'Campfire Charcoal' 2025. 20cm x 20cm Oil on Canvas

'Grace (set of four)' 2026. 20cm x 20cm Oil on MDF. Red Ochre, Yellow Ochre, Brown Ochre, Bone Black, Indigo Blue

'Slate, Brick, Pipe, Red and Yellow Ochre' 2024. Oil on MDF.

'Red Ochre, Yellow Ochre, Campfire Charcoal, Slate' 2024. 60cm x 60cm Oil on Canvas.

'Interstice' 2026. 100cm x 150cm Oil on Canvas. Red, Yellow and Brown Ochre, Pipe, Brick, Charcoal

'Still becoming' 2026. 100cm x 100cm Oil on Canvas. Red and Yellow Ochre, Fox and Sheep Bone

"Earth in Essence' 2026. 100cm x 100cm Oil on Canvas. Red, Yellow, Brown Ochre, Brick, Pipe, Fox and Sheep Bone

'field' 2024. Oil on MDF Yellow Ochre, Brown Ochre

'Still becoming' 2026. 100cm x 150cm Oil on Canvas. Fox and Sheep Bone Black, Red Ochre, Brown Ochre, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White

'memento mori' 2026. 100cm x 100cm Oil on Canvas. Fox and Sheep Bone Black, Red Ochre, Yellow Ochre

'Fox and the Earth' 2025. 120cm x 120cm Oil on Canvas. Red, Brown, and Yellow Ochre, Slate, Brick, Pipe, Charcoal, Fox Bone

Earth and Bone — materials and studio process

'Earth Pigment Paintings' 2025. Oil on Canvas

'Always Shifting' 2026. 100cm x 150cm Oil on canvas. Yellow Ochre, Red Ochre, Brown Ochre, Brick, Pipe

'seedbody' 2026. 100cm x 100cm Oil on canvas. Indigo, Yellow ochre, Red Ochre, Bone Black

From land to surface

The making of colour.

Back in the days of primary school, I always enjoyed making potions, fairy food, and perfume out of the weeds, grass, dandelions and daisy's that outlined the flagstone paved playground. Years later, I have found myself back navigating the landscape to search what materials can be transformed into a colour, material and extension from the land directly onto surface. Elements of play, immersion and sensory stimulation.

Working closely with nature and discovering the roots of traditional methods through sourcing earth pigments I am learning by building awareness of local surrounding landscapes by tapping into ancestral ways of making. I use a pestle and mortar to crush red, brown and yellow ochres. Bricks, clay, pipe, charcoal, slate, and animal bones, ethically sourced through donations, foraging finds and resurfaced projects.

I later sieve my pigments and divide them into recycled jars. Next, I take my pigment to a tempered glass board, grab my muller and add drops of walnut oil as my oil paint binder - walnut oil is great as it does not yellow over time and is non-toxic. Once the paint has been mulled and has a smooth consistency, I will transfer the paint into shells, old desert jars, plastic containers, all recycled and or natural materials.