Severn Drawings

 

Often at the time of the full moon, I cycle to the Severn to sleep on the edge of the river. There’s something compelling about the place, about the act of sleeping on the ground, and feeling the energy from the earth and the pull of the tidal river. Using spit, watercolour and pencil on gesso boards, I make the drawings at night. One of these drawings is called Ground Truth, a cartographic term for a type of field research: going to a point located on a satellite image in order to verify and come to know that place.

There are approximately 30 drawings in this series. Ground Truth and Deep Grief were shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011.