The River 2015 - 2018
The River is a large-scale drawing that developed slowly over several years, between 2015 and 2018. The idea for it began when I was on a winter residency in Sutherland, in the north of Scotland, where my accommodation overlooked the river.
Living in Hlemsdale, I crossed and recrossed the old stone bridge over the river every day, looking down on the cold, black water. Its flow was heavy with snowmelt, and I took lots of photos of the patterns the froth made on the water surface.
I was fascinated with how the ephemeral bubbles of froth visibly revealed the water’s deeper, invisible currents.