Side-by-side paintings of rural houses and landscapes, with the left painting depicting a barn, trees, and a field at sunset, and the right painting showing a white house with a red tiled roof and a grassy yard.
A herding dog guiding a flock of sheep across a snowy landscape.
A person walking a dog on a foggy grassy field.
A teddy bear lying on grass, with a smiling face and black eyes, surrounded by green grass and small clovers.
Package of allergy relief tablets labeled 'Hayfever & Allergy Relief 10mg Tablets,' includes 14 tablets, contains Cetirizine Hydrochloride, for one-a-day use for hayfever, dust, skin, pet, and allergy relief.

The Changing Field

2025

The Changing Field is a body of work that reflects upon the cultural transformation of  developed nations through the lens of a family's farm in Gower. The farmhouse and its fields remain constant across generations, yet the livelihoods they support have shifted dramatically. Where the land once represented labour and survival, it is now the setting for leisure and memory.

This series narrates tension between continuity and development, tracing the shifts that come with land use change. While rooted in an individual's story, the work speaks to broader questions about how landscapes hold memory and how identity evolves within them. By placing generational perspectives side by side, the project invites reflection on what changes, what endures and our place in the present.

Two framed landscape paintings: the left depicting a rural scene with large trees and houses with a golden sky, the right showing a house with a red-tiled roof, white walls, and a grassy yard.

Our Farm

This hinged diptych presents two paintings of the same family farmhouse; the left, created by my great-grandmother and the right by myself. Together, they form a visual conversation across generations, the farm remaining an anchor in our family’s story while our perspectives and uses of the space have evolved. 

Toiling Play

A familiar moment in many ways: the throwing of a ball for my collie, in our morning fields. Once a place of agricultural labour, now one of leisure and imitation. In this act of play, the past lingers. Is it wise to romanticise the labour our families worked so hard to leave?

A herding dog herding a flock of sheep across a snowy field with a fence and trees in the background.

Chasing the Past

Taken by my grandfather as a teenager, this photograph captures a Border Collie at work, herding sheep across the same family fields that appear throughout this project. The crisp white ground holds the haste of hooves, a sound that’s come and gone. Here we glimpse into a time not too long ago. A time when these fields held a different kind of normal.

A plush stuffed sloth toy with a gray and tan body lying on green grass.

Bruno’s Lamb

Featuring my Border Collie’s toy lamb, now missing its arms, legs and ears, it sits on the neatly trimmed garden grass, sewn smile intact. This compromised form holds quiet discontent: Bruno’s innate needs, left unmet by this substitute. Just as Bruno’s instincts are only partially satisfied, I too wrestle with the shift from what once was to what now is.

A box of Hayfever and Allergy Relief 10mg Tablets with 14 tablets.

New Blood

Both a sculptural piece and my used antihistamines, a commentary on contradiction is offered between romanticised ideals and lived reality. The yearning for a purer, simpler life is undercut by the discomfort that persist in the present.