From the Midwinter series, 2025, digital c-type prints, each 60x80cm

Since 2020, I have been periodically returning to and making work in the Black Wood of Rannoch. The Black Wood of Rannoch is one of the oldest and largest remnants of the native pinewoods remaining in Scotland - the great wood of Caledon. Continuous tree cover has been present in these woods for over ten thousand years, and this is one of the very few woods in Scotland where none of the trees have been planted by humans, instead having seeded and grown naturally. It’s home to indigenous varieties of Scots pine that grow only here.

I have been interested in making images in the Black Wood on the shortest day (21st Dec), chasing fragile light on these trees at the turning point of the year.

This is part of an ongoing and expansive project, but works have so far been shown as part of the exhibition "Practicing landscape - Field Notes" held in the Annex Gallery of The Glasgow School of Art between 22 April –16 May 2025.

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