Beached Whale letterpress 45cm x 45cm (image size)

45cm x 45cm (image size)

the flatness of the figures contrasts with the dimensionality of their headpieces and a narrative begins to open up between the adorned female figures and the Möbius – a physical manifestation of abstract or invisible concerns

The immersive installation includes a film depicting a dystopian future in which a fast-track feudal system has left the country divided among new chieftains

smile and keep going

In the spirit of Thomas Bewick I have made a wood engraving on English Boxwood

Beached Whale letterpress 45cm x 45cm (image size)In September 2021 a whale was washed up at the end of Stvarfjrur fjord. I completed seven one month art residencies in Iceland, and this was the fourth. Although I had previously found small pieces of whale bone on that beach, and later on Achill Island on Irelands west coast, this was the only time I have ever seen a dead whale close up. In the course of the following week the carcass was washed back out to sea by the tides. The collagraph is a