Between 2023 and 2025, I spent two years in residence at the Dunmoochin Foundation in Cottles Bridge. During this time, I found myself drawing with charcoal and natural pigments and I was particularly focused on the way that the light shifts here across the hills and trees – it is as unique as the landscape itself. Working from a studio set atop the house, I could see from the top of the hill the city skyline and also the start of the great dividing range. Many of these drawings were dipped in wax, which gave them a subdued, matte finish and altered their tonal depth. The extended period granted during the residency allowed me to work at a steady pace, observing and recording the way light moved through the landscape over different times of the day and year.

These drawings have taken many turns with some becoming an artist book, and others remaining tucked in sketchbooks. Several I feel work independently, and so I have grouped them all here.