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Redshift
Anyone who has stood on the edge of the Lochnagar crater at La Boiselle in France, cannot help but be

Glimmerings: The War Poets, Paths and Folds
One of the nicest compliments I received during Friday's private view was '...these remind me of Siegfried Sassoon...'. The works

Prison Hulk – York
Following his conviction at the Berkshire Assizes on 15th April 1828, Stephen Hedges was sent to Portsmouth to serve time

Three Little Words
Iris created a treasure hunt for me and Eliot; a trail of post-it notes stuck around the flat, each containing a clue as

Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 12 & 13
Original VersionVersion 1Version 2
Belzec Video: Snow 5
The same idea as before applied to footage of trees at Belzec. The number of squares used is the same

Heavy Water Sleep: Page 11
Original VersionVersion 1Version 2

A Backdrop to Eternity
Below is a typical, early 20th century studio portrait. The subject - a boy - sits on a prop. Behind

Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 4 & 5
Original Version Version 1 Version 2For more information on this project, please click here.

Verdun
On 26th April I visited the battlefields and sites of Verdun. The name, like that of the Somme and Ypres,

Day 10
Finished priming the canvas and then painted a layer of Paynes Grey on top. Over this I'll rub some white
Paul Nash Quote
"Here in the back garden of the trenches it is amazingly beautiful - the mud is dried to a pinky

Trees Triptych
A triptych comprising photographs taken at Shotover on Sunday.

‘Missded’ 1, stitched
The stitched versions of my son’s drawings are objects which, in contrast to the quickly made drawings on which they're
Empathy and the First World War (Part 2)
This image was taken almost a year after the end of the First World War, on August 27th 1919 and
Silence in the Woods
I've discussed previously, three extracts from newspapers in which a moment of silence serves to amplify all that happened before

Heavy Water Sleep (Paintings) III
I worked again tonight on the studies for Heavy Water Sleep, working in landscape elements such as trees and sky.

Heavy Water Sleep (Paintings)
I've started work on a new series of paintings based on the Heavy Water Sleep work I've been doing over
War and The Pastoral Landscape
I've been thinking these last few weeks about a new body of work based on the First World War. For
Night and Day
Reading through various documents regarding the period in Oxford after the Black Death, it's clear there were many vacant buildings

Shepherds Hill
Whilst on my walk today, I took some time to explore the concrete ruins of what I discovered was the

Proposing Moments of Pastoral
Through my research on World War I, I've accumulated a large amount of data - postcards, quotes, maps, texts, photographs,

John Malchair 1770
The following is a drawing made by John Malchair showing the causeway of what is now Abingdon Road. The rather

The Somme
“Frontiers are lines. Millions of men are dead because of these lines.” Georges PerecThe name Somme is, in the minds

To Name Him Would Almost Be To Kill Him
If you visit the Westgate Library in Oxford, and make your way to the second floor, to the centre for

Heavy Water Sleep (Textwork) I
This afternoon I've been working on a new approach to my Heavy Water Sleep series. I've always loved the aesthetic

‘Missded’ 3 – Tokens
Having completed the stitching for '"Missded' 3", I've now cut it up to create the 'tokens' shown below.

Shadows 3
I was looking at something recently which made me think of the work I've been exploring around the backdrops used

‘Missded’ 2 – Tokens
Having completed the stitching for ‘”Missded’ 2″, I’ve now cut it up to create the ‘tokens’ shown below.

Trees and Other Projects
I have been photographing the same trees - shown above - for almost 18 months now, and what started as