Last Light by the Old Gate hypha-gallery-east-village a red backdrop flares with

a red backdrop flares with fire like forms

I experimented with colour with black and white acrylic whilst positioning the work in various ways

delivering what’s needed when it’s ready

emphasizing their fluid and shifting nature

The work holds its stillness without resolution

Last Light by the Old Gate hypha-gallery-east-village a red backdrop flares withI explore the land from above, but also on foot. 'Last Light by the Old Gate' traces an evening trail run through coastal farmland, brambled edges, broken fences, the old gate, the day thinning to dusk. The stripped back composition maps the way the land has been scored and claimed, fields for growing, for living, and for leaving wild.