Ritual October The original drawing is on

The original drawing is on pastel paper using natural pigment

is both a means of practising drawing but also working on form and composition

original size: 480mm x 220 mm

Pushing my fingers beneath the grass to find the cold damp soil with which to start this little drawing

Ritual October The original drawing is onThis piece is one of a small group of four that I made. They are part of a broader body of work looking at the Saltmarshes on the river Dart in Devon. I have been collaborating on a bioregional project now for several years, which has been reflected in methods and indeed practice. For these works I created a surface on the pastel paper with site specific pigments beside the reed beds of Black grass or Black reeds using their fallen leaves to print on