Emergence

 

My work is a call for a radical reconnection with the earth and the renewal of it's forgotten powers.

I make work that honours the exquisite awe I feel in the presence of nature. In the works, bodies emerge/layer with/become nature, as they bleed like blood fungus, tower as tree trunks or grow rooted from their toes, deep into the underworld.

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Emergence is an ongoing body of work, which tells the story of how the onset of chronic mental and physical illness, led to what is referred to as 'a dark night of the soul'. It is the story of a metaphorical death of the self, followed by a spiritual awakening to the power of the earth, and the power within oneself, as part of nature. The works themselves are intensely detailed and visceral graphite drawings, exploring the complex connection humans have with our natural environment. The drawings posit the bodily self becoming/emerging from nature and in turn returning to the earth itself.