New Cyanotype Drawings on view in Jelvega, Latvia

I’m excited to share that these 5 works from my “Reflection Collection” are on view in Jelgava, Latvia, in “Capturing Nature” a Drawing Box International exhibition curated by Katrīna Tračuma.

🖼️ “Capturing Nature: curious links between flora, fauna, humans, history, medicine, technology, life and art. Past, present and future”
🔓 Open daily through April 2, 2025
Culture Centre of Jelgava 2nd floor gallery, LATVIA
✏️ Curator/Kuratore - Katrīna Tračuma @akisforkatart
🕸️ Part of The Drawing Box @drawingboxinternational

This exhibition brings together 291 artworks created by 59 artists in “The Drawing Box,” an international drawing collective. The works in the exhibition traveled from France, Denmark, Scotland, USA, India, Netherlands, Germany, England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, and other countries. The artists in this show have each explored different aspects of the broad theme of the exhibition in their own way.

Each of my five pieces in this collection is A5 - 5.83 x 8.27 inches and created in layers with watercolor crayon, cyanotype drawing, and chalk pencil on paper.

  1. Of Wind and Water Striders*

  2. Of Juniper and Milkweed Pods*

  3. Of Moon and Skeletal Pennycress*

  4. Of Topography and Skeletal Alfalfa*

  5. Of Sunset and Microbia*

Exhibition ARTISTS/MĀKSLINIEKI:

Adrienne M. Finnerty @adriennemfinnerty

Elizabeth Kinsella @lizzie_kinsella

Rothnie Artist @rothnie_artist

Lisbeth Parisius @lisbethparisius

Maureen Nathan @maureen_a_nathan

Annemarie Murland @annemarie_murland_studio

Mark Wingrave @mark_wingrave

Bina Shah @bina5hah

Paola Catizone @paolacatizone60

Ian Wieczorek 

Arjo Passchier @arjopasschier

Tina Brooks tina.brooks.7902

Liesje van den Berk @liesjevandenberk

Maree Hensey @mareehensey

Tamar Zinn @tamarzinn

Ritu Aggarwal @artistritu17

Patricia Kelly @patriciakel

Sudhir Shukla @sudhir.shukla.982

Madlen Herrström @madlenherrstrom

Elli Lestas @ellilestas

Enzo Marra 

Rik Hagt @rik_hagt

André Geertse @geertseandre

Anna Hryniewicz @annahryniewiczart

Ines Bitsch inesbitsch2

Wilma Vissers @visserswilma

Lelia Henry @leliahenry

Charys Wilson @charyswilson

Elaine Burke @elaineburke_art

Claire de Chavagnac @clairedechavagnac

Sheila Naughton @sheilanaughton1

Marja Meijering @marja_meijering

Claire Coté @clairecotearts

Caro Enax @caroenax

Vikkie Patterson @vikkiepatterson

Fiona Robinson @fionaprobinson

Sylou LE Rhun @lerhunsylou

Clare Scott 

Patricia Bender 

Betty Gannon @betty_gannon

Pauline Flynn @paulinebflynn

Marisa Rappard @marisarappard

Trudi van der Elsen @trudivanderelsen

Pearl Kinnear @pearl_kinnear

Jenny Hunter @jennyhunterarts

Elena Gluth @elenagluth

Elaine Quinlan @elainequinlanart

Arjen Geurts @atelierarjengeurts

Sharon Kelly @sharonkellyartist

Eamonn B. Shanahan @eamonnbshanahan

Medbh Gillard @medbhgillard

Diane Henshaw @di_henshaw

Maurice Quillinan maurice_quillinan

Ausra Kleizaite @ausrakleizaite

Dan Shipsides @danshipsides

Katrīna Tračuma @akisforkatart

Sally O'Dowd @sallyspectre

Sinead Smyth @sinead.smyth.artist

Mika Solomon @ela2ing.decore

🙏MANY THANKS Katrīna Tračuma @akisforkatart for creating, coordinating, curating and manifesting this show and bringing together this unique configuration of Drawing Box artists!

🙏MANY THANKS @andrewcrane215 for our poster!

*These works were created on unceded lands of the Ute, Pueblo, and Jicarilla Apache lands in what is now called Northern New Mexico, USA. Information gathered at Native-land.ca

Where have I been - you ask?

DREAMING PLACE: Marble Arch Caves Geopark

I've just returned from 40 days and 40 nights of “action research” and experiment above and below ground in a traveling residency at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark, Eire/Northern Ireland. (To locate the geopark on google maps click here.) Supported by Marble Arch Caves Geopark and funded by Arts Council England, DREAMING PLACE asks the question, “Does the land dream through us?”

During our "traveling residency" we camped at various sites throughout the Geopark and encountered an array of people, places and things which helped us to explore our three main focuses of the project: dúlra – ecosystem; dúchas– heritage; aisling – dream. We captured our experiences, ideas and insights both in sound with our trusty digital audio recorders and pen and ink through an evolving collaborative drawing. We also created a "DREAMING PLACE toolkit", which we plan to share in the form of a book - more details forthcoming.

Our field work at Marble Arch Caves Geopark is now complete, but there is still so much we want to share so Anna and I are still blogging! Visit our blog at www.dreamingplace.eu for daily audio, image and stories.

To give you a little background on the collaborative project: Anna Keleher and I met at Dartington College of Art in 2007 during our studies on the M.A. Arts and Ecology course, at which time we began our collaborative practice. When we finished our studies we vowed we would meet up again in Ireland one day to continue our collaboration and further research prehistoric ecologies. During our recent 40-day residency, we “made good” on our promise to each other.

Many thanks to all those who helped make DREAMING PLACE a success. We miss the people, places and things of MAC Geopark. We´ll be back! Our special thanks to Fermanagh Council officers Diane Henshaw and Rose Cremin, Geopark Manager Richard Watson and Education Director, Martina McGee of MAC Geopark, David Scott of Gortatole Activity Centre, Outland Arts and all the other wonderful people who gave us tea, lent us boats and shared their good craic with us.

Follow us on the DREAMING PLACE project blog as we bring our collaborative drawing into the public eye and transform our audio recordings into a three-part radio series.....