Come, see real flowers of this painful world

These plants were collected on a repeated walk near my home on the South Downs Way, from the brooks in Southease to the brow of Itford Hill, from early spring to summer, in 2019 and 2020. They represent the first part of a project to understand and connect with this Downland landscape. There are 49 photographs in the series.

This piece of work was first conceived in London in 2008. Seeking out the wild in an urban landscape, the aim was to acknowledge and elevate the humble wildflower found in cracks and rubble. Inspired by the beautiful copper plate engravings in William Curtis’s ‘Flora Londinensis’ (1777), I wanted to highlight the delicate, fragile beauty of our native wildflowers as these plants are often overlooked or dismissed as weeds. Wildflower habitats such as these are in sharp decline but are a vital source of food and shelter for countless species of wildlife. At first glance the photographs may appear to be paintings, but set against graph paper they become scientific studies with each flower in isolation exposing its unique individuality and beauty, but also acting as a stark reminder of their fragility and vulnerability.

10 x 8 inch archival pigment prints

all photographs printed on Inbe washi paper (hemp and kozo fibre paper).

oak frame with art glass

complete set of 49 photographs
unframed £10,000
framed £15,000

Edition of 50

Please email for time-frame for full collection of wildflowers and for shipping.