The Sanctuary Concertina Sketchbook

I like the idea of figures in a landscape, and used a few subtle silhouettes in this garden sketchbook. They are significant. They give the images scale and context, but they remain unobtrusive. The landscape belongs to itself, and both the figures and the landscape itself are transitory. They are a moment in time.

I tried to create a flow between the images: a path through the garden. This is far less obvious in the individual photos in the previous post. Perhaps I’ll make a video? We’ll see.

It’s a landscape I can get lost in, both in my imagination and my memory. I am back there in the garden in a particular moment in time to a greater extent than if I look at a photo. This work reflects a very personal experience because it distils my remembrance of the space and time.

I do not know who the figures are. It is not important. Sometimes I think they are us, but mostly not.

It’s a landscape where I feel I could say “I will meet you there”, and the figures can assume any reality.