The notion of arable landscape underpins my practice. Growing up surrounded by the arable landscapes of Nottinghamshire, the division of space through colour has always fascinated me. Through farming vast spaces are divided into shapes, each one uniquely defined by its colour, texture, line and form. These colourful shapes lead the spectator’s eye around the landscape in a particular way. The arrangements of colour in my Arable Landscape collection similarly determine the way the eye moves around the form.
This particular banding arrangement was developed for ‘Aerial Landscape: the assemblage’, in York Art Gallery, where 27 forms are arranged together to create an overview of a landscape scene. I have continued to use this arrangement to explore new colourways, sometimes found in landscapes and others derived from my knowledge of colour theory.