The post-industrial landscape is inherently transient and complex, shaped by the complex interactions between human activity, systems and nature. My work seeks to explore the dynamic agency of such environments through both the methods of painting and sculpture. Living between Glasgow and Edinburgh, in a town rich with industrial heritage, my practice merges painting and sculpture to capture themes of collapse, renewal, regeneration, land ownership, and placemaking within nature. My creative process is deeply informed by touch, abstraction, and the iconography of objecthood in landscape. By deliberately losing control during the painting process, I explore the vitality and materiality of paint, which often results in a collapse that mirrors the transformative processes within landscapes. This approach directly links the renewal and regeneration seen in my paintings to the ongoing transformations in the rural environment around me.

My works often explore the interconnectedness of both human and non-human processes within malleable landscapes- My use of colour, drawn from both the natural environment and archival materials, is central to my work, though I still find it challenging and evolving. The provisional nature of my painting process, with its embrace of rejection, imperfection, and spontaneity, allows me to explore the unknown in creative research. This approach often requires me to rebuild, revisit, or even completely reject and start anew, ensuring that the work remains authentic and deeply connected to the landscape’s inherent unpredictability.