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    O Hanami

    O HANAMI - A Celebration of Transient Beauty


    Between 1995 and 1999 I made a large series of works utilising leaves picked up on walks in Scorton Woods, Lancashire. I called the work ‘Leaving’, and it formed part of my first ever London show in 1998.

    At the time, I remember making a conscious decision to stop producing the leaf imagery as I single-mindedly pursued seashore based work, but the ideas and concerns remained with me.
    I recently spent some time looking at the ‘Leaving’ prints and was quickly reminded of their beauty and fragility. It also highlighted how much my work has moved on in relation to the media, techniques, technologies and processes I now use, while still retaining a direct line to the ideas, concerns and motifs of that early work.

    This coincided with a very harsh winter in Northumberland.We were completely snowed in for over three weeks around Christmas 2010 and I was forced to stick close to home – trips to the beach were out of the question for about a month. This resulted in my field of vision being restricted; I was forced to work with the world around my feet. Teasing some scraps of natural material from under the snow or from the ice in the frozen garden pond, I began making a new body of work which became the O Hanami series.
    Other galleries:
    • lonbain Wall
    • Water, Stone and Light
    • Iceworks
    • Leaving
    • Remixes
    • Seaworks 1
    • Seaworks 2 (transistions)
    • Seaworks 3
    • Seaworks 4
    • Seaworks 5
    • Mull Works
    • Moving Stills
    • Chemical Works
    • Copper Works
    • O Hanami
    • O Hanami 2
    • Commissions
      • parc du pilat ( France)
      • Fire
      • River Lune
      • Roach Bridge
      • Mere Sands Wood
      • Watermark
    • Other galleries:
    • lonbain Wall
    • Water, Stone and Light
    • Iceworks
    • Leaving
    • Remixes
    • Seaworks 1
    • Seaworks 2 (transistions)
    • Seaworks 3
    • Seaworks 4
    • Seaworks 5
    • Mull Works
    • Moving Stills
    • Chemical Works
    • Copper Works
    • O Hanami
    • O Hanami 2
    • Commissions
    Field of vision, Hosta NO1 2011

    Field of vision, Hosta NO1 2011

    Field of vision, Hosta NO 9, 2011

    Field of vision, Hosta NO 9, 2011

    Leaf cut, Red River Valley, 2011

    Leaf cut, Red River Valley, 2011

    After the Snow, Silver Leaf NO 1, 2011

    After the Snow, Silver Leaf NO 1, 2011

    After the Snow, Silver Leaf NO2, 2011

    After the Snow, Silver Leaf NO2, 2011

    Ash Key Flow, 2011

    Ash Key Flow, 2011

    Hydrangea NO1, Arranged, 2011

    Hydrangea NO1, Arranged, 2011

    Birch Cut NO 1, 2011

    Birch Cut NO 1, 2011

    Birch Cut NO 2, 2011

    Birch Cut NO 2, 2011

    Leaf Cut NO 2, Field Patterns, 2011

    Leaf Cut NO 2, Field Patterns, 2011

    Fritillary NO 2, 2011

    Fritillary NO 2, 2011

    Foxglove NO 3, 2011

    Foxglove NO 3, 2011

    Iris Print, 2011

    Iris Print, 2011

    Leaf Map, 2011

    Leaf Map, 2011

    Tulip Night, 2011

    Tulip Night, 2011

    Forget-me-not Summer, 2011

    Forget-me-not Summer, 2011

    Peony NO 1, 2011

    Peony NO 1, 2011

    Peony NO 2, 2011

    Peony NO 2, 2011

    Peony NO 3,2011

    Peony NO 3,2011

    Pink Square, 2011

    Pink Square, 2011

    Beneath the surface, 2011

    Beneath the surface, 2011

    Seeing the Landscape With Honesty NO 1, 2011

    Seeing the Landscape With Honesty NO 1, 2011

    Seeing The Landscape With Honesty NO 2, 2011

    Seeing The Landscape With Honesty NO 2, 2011

    21st Century Leaf Map NO 3, 2011

    21st Century Leaf Map NO 3, 2011

    Visitor Map, Howick Autumn, 2011

    Visitor Map, Howick Autumn, 2011

    Blackthorn Hanami, 2011

    Blackthorn Hanami, 2011

    Hogweed Hanami, 2011

    Hogweed Hanami, 2011

    O Hanami 2,2012

    O Hanami 2,2012

    O Hanami 3, 2012

    O Hanami 3, 2012

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    • lonbain Wall
    • Water, Stone and Light
    • Iceworks
    • Leaving
    • Remixes
    • Seaworks 1
    • Seaworks 2 (transistions)
    • Seaworks 3
    • Seaworks 4
    • Seaworks 5
    • Mull Works
    • Moving Stills
    • Chemical Works
    • Copper Works
    • O Hanami
    • O Hanami 2
    • Commissions
      • parc du pilat ( France)
      • Fire
      • River Lune
      • Roach Bridge
      • Mere Sands Wood
      • Watermark
      • parc du pilat ( France)
      • Fire
      • River Lune
      • Roach Bridge
      • Mere Sands Wood
      • Watermark
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