Ink on paper, 420 x 297mm

May 2022

This is a spell drawing, an incantation, an enchantment, calling in a new way. A handheld collection of wayside medicinal herbs, with Yarrow, Primrose, Daisy, Blackthorn, Dandelion, Nettle, Plantain, Hazel and Cleavers. These all herald Spring and with it new starts, new life and new ways. Calling in new ways to heal ourselves and heal the planet.

Ink on paper, 420 x 297mm

June 2021

The mutual flourishing of people, plants and the planet is in our hands. The 17th century botanist, astrologer, physician and herbalist Nicholas Culpepper linked the astronomical rulers and properties of the planets with individual herbs, combining various sources of knowledge to both diagnose and heal. The herbs in this drawing, Cleavers, Comfrey, Nettle and Dog Rose are ruled by the Moon, Saturn, Mars and Venus respectively, and each planet is linked to a specific part of the hand. Each of these planets is read on the palm and fingers, allowing the mutual flourishing of plants, planets and people to literally be held in our hands.

Ink on paper, 297 x 420mm

07.06.21

Time with Crabapple before the last of the blossoms fell. I love this tree, which lives very near to my home on a small lane where it has lived for at least 100 years. European Crabapple, or Malus sylvestris which translates as Apple of the Forest, is the source all apples, cultivated and wild. The thorns on this branch show that it is truly wild and ancient.

Bramble, Elderberry and Rosehip: Immunity community

Ink on paper, 297x420mm

September 2020

Chamomile, Rosemary and Marigold: Herbs of the Sun

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

July 2020

Dandelion / Dant y llew, Taraxacum officinale

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

May 2020

Cleavers, Dandelion and Nettle: Spring allies

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

April 2020

Primrose / Briallu, Primula vulgaris

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

23.03.2020

Goat Willow, Salix caprea

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

17.02.2020

White Clover (four leaf), Trifolium repens

Ink on paper, 297x420mm

04.07.2019

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Ink on paper, 420x297mm

12.07.2018

Thuidium tamariscium

Watercolour on paper, 228x305mm

11.01.2018

Lichen studies (Parmelia, Usnea and Ramalina)

Watercolour pencil on paper, 210x297mm

21.10.2017

Larch, Larix decidua, with Usnea florida, Hypogymnia physodes and Parmelia sulcata lichens

Ink on paper, 210x160mm

05.10.2017