Oak Black, River Water & Acacia Resin on Yupo Substrate
148.5 x 105mm x 9pieces
Original, unframed work

Each work is a single, unrepeatable record of a water event. Handmade bone black pigment is carried by water collected where freshwater meets the sea, settling according to its own behaviour as the water slows and comes to rest.

Water appears here in many forms: river water, mineral, pigment, bone and resin. It absorbs, reflects, refracts, floods, flows and deposits, leaving a unique record of its movement on the paper.

The pigment is made by hand from oak gathered in County Meath. The wood is transformed through fire, ground into a fine charcoal pigment, returned to water, and carried across the surface before settling into its final form.

What remains is the trace of a movement that happened only once.

Framed images are shown for display purposes. If you would like the work professionally framed and delivered, I'd be delighted to arrange this. Please get in touch to discuss the options.