‘Solum/Saxum’ is an ongoing body of work, made in collaboration with soil and rocks.

Both are magical - filtering the water we drink, growing the food we eat, helping us build our civilizations and absorbing vast amounts of CO2 from our air. As well as helping us to create the first ever known artworks, in caves around 64,000 years ago.

Instead of being used to depict a scene or for a practical purpose, here soil and rocks are my active collaborators. The series celebrates their beauty and importance to life on our planet.

Pigments are made in collaboration with clay, limestone and iron oxide as well as rainwater, before being poured, guided and layered onto raw cotton canvas (as well as found surfaces like antique book covers and wood), over a series of days.

Sourced from a variety of locations, the works created from them condense place and time, connecting us to different landscapes, eras and histories.