Watch out for Adders

2025
Monoprint
27x9.5cm print area on 33x19cm mount size 
Printed on Tosa washi 28gsm mounted on Somerset Satin 250gsm
 
Part of a series inspired by standing on the highest dune, right above the beach at Winterton-on-Sea looking back over the land. My dad would always warn us to watch out for adders and now I find myself echoing him to my children.
 
This series of prints feels incredibly personal to me, this is where we would come in spring and autumn to read bedtime stories with the children while the sun sets, or to draw together or simply to have a cheeky glass of fizz, watch the sunset and celebrate being together on holiday in our favourite place. 
 
Thoughts of impermanence, flux and constant change in the landscape alongside the permanence of historic habitats and the species who depend upon it stretching back through time are juxtaposed in these works.  They reference sketches made to the sound of the sea and children's laughter feeling the glow of being on holiday with my family, and the slight irritation of knowing any second I'd have to pack the sketchbook away as my husband and children have run down to the beach and the dog's off looking for something smelly to roll in!