Work Site-Specific
Site-Specific
Work developed for a specific location. I enjoy the discipline required to work to a brief and have found it can sometimes be a relief to have some non-negotiable restrictions—whether technical, conceptual or practical—when making new work. This might limit some options but in turn it often opens up surprising directions that would never have been explored otherwise. Included here is work developed for a petrol filling station and a piece sited in a stately home.
Gathering: Traquair House, Innerleithen
This installation, part of Reflective Histories, was inspired by the use of moths and butterflies as Jacobite secret symbols. I began by making life-size pen and ink drawings of a selection of moth...
99: Garden Gallery 2008, Portobello
Some of the generous people of Portobello provided their gardens as temporary gallery spaces for a wide range of artworks throughout August 2008 as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival and Big Things...
Re-Fuel: Harvey Road Service Station, Derby
Q-Arts is a not-for-profit arts and media organisation in Derby. Re-Fuel was part of sightings, an ongoing project dedicated to getting work out of the gallery into wider public view. Q-Arts...