Landscapes are often presented through simplified, human-centred narratives: as destinations, resources, or managed environments. Forests become trails or timber. Coastlines become holiday destinations. What is emphasised is how a place can be used, accessed, or understood from a human perspective.

Using human connection to place as a starting point I consider the landscape from different points of view, exploring the layers that make up its story; the ecological systems alongside the human histories.  I ask the viewer to reconsider their relationship with the landscape by considering alternative points of view; to question assumptions of human ownership, control and access.  What does it feel like to move through a place if we remove these assumptions?

I use a range of printmaking techniques which often echo the complexity and layers present in the landscape.  Similarly, being one step back from the paper the image ends up on by working in techniques requiring a plate echoes my desire to step back from a human-centric understanding of the landscape.

The aim is not to present an idealised version of nature, or a human arcadia, but to make visible the multifaceted nature of place and to unsettle the idea that humans are central within it.  How do we feel when the landscape looks back at us? 

You can watch a 5 minute film about my practice.  

This was made for the final unit of MA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in spring 2024.

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I featured in the March 2026 Handprinted 'Meet the Maker' blog.