You are immersed in a twilight environment containing four large glass boxes: too tall to reach the top and as wide as they are tall. As if in a courtyard, you move between the glass boxes. The only light spills … Read more
Hindsight blinds; everything that could have happened, and many things that did, are cast into shadow as one path is chosen. Woodland is a system in which people historically integrated with their environment, maintaining and gaining substance and sustenance from … Read more
On Twitter (@VirtualEyeArt) participants selected and shared photographed sets of objects, with which to describe themselves. They produced four sets on different themes: work, interests, home and family. They commented on how the selection was also an exploration of themselves; … Read more
Virtual Eye will be a virtual exhibition in a digital space. I will curate, create and share a set of virtual portraits. To do this I intend to invite participants to use social media to explore the idea of `self’ … Read more
Origins When I first explored the idea of a `Faceless Portrait’, triggered by an exhibition at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne in November 2016, I began by collecting sets of objects, each an honest representation of who I am. I believe … Read more
Groyne 76 – The Broken Ferrule Fascinated by change this video explores using two temporal distortions. Compressing time I present one post over six years with seven images. Then slowing time I concurrently present the same post dealing with the waves … Read more
Change is constant. This project changes as it visually explores pressing issues of environmental instability. It questions timeless human themes of change and the desire for that which offers the illusion of control. I document the weathering and erosion of … Read more
Using Photoshop I use a lasso tool to make my `edge decision’. I work at a 300% scale. At this magnification, a projection from the edge of the post top appears to be the same shape and size as the … Read more
I want to achieve a clear record of the post top at the moment the photograph is taken. I want the photograph to record the post top in a manner that maximises the potential to recognise its earlier incarnations and … Read more
After 16 years of photographing the groyne post tops, the process of taking the photographs begins even before I go to the beach, with a spreadsheet. A new template is produced each year giving an overview of what has been … Read more
