Human Connections

Ducks at Summerleaze
batik 1070 x 460 mm (42 x 18 inches)
artist's collection

On 22 April 1995 in Summerleaze car park in North Cornwall, a youth is alleged to have driven his car over a drake - deliberately. He then stopped and reversed over it, again deliberately. The bird's partner witnessed the event. Ducks pair for life.

Dandelion Ley
batik 575 x 935 mm (22 x 37 inches)
sold

Dandelions - an underutilised salad vegetable these days. Cornwall is an ancient land criss-crossed with ley lines, which these days are little understood.

This image is also available as a limited edition print of 150.

Pacific Revenge
batik 570 x 825 mm (22 x 33 inches)
for sale

My response to the final French nuclear tests in the Pacific. Small island nations hold little sway against large ones, but with the coming of age of biotechnology their revenge can be dealt - silently, invisibly and anonymously. Here, symbolically, a genetically altered and now indestructible shield bug prepares to destroy a French bean.

Patience (Bowithick)
batik 1040 x 440 mm (41 x 17 inches)
sold

In the summer of '97, friends and I picnicked at Bowithick on Bodmin Moor. Leaving their parents sprawled on the rug and drinking wine, the two young girls and I, all three of us adventurers, waded upstream to see what we could discover. Damselflies were everywhere, and the girls spontaneously posed as trees, delighted that the insects would settle on them.

Ant Pair
batik 560 x 560 mm (22 x 22 inches)
sold

From a young age I have found ants fascinating to watch and study. This was certainly reinforced in Australia and South East Asia where ants of many different sizes, habits and ferociousness lived - but always in the same active, orderly society. Here, a pair of ants facing in opposite directions ensure safety for each other.

Hedgehog Dream
batik 545 x 545 mm (21 x 21 inches)
sold

A delightful family of hedgehogs lived in mine and neighbouring gardens for several years - cherished as they kept the overabundant slugs in check! The idea for this painting came after seeing a nature programme of speeded-up wildlife where a nightly exodus of slugs and snails 'zooming' from a garden wall was shown. I remember thinking 'my hedgehogs must dream of this!'.