Original artwork description:

Upland Series
Undertaking this project has given new insight into the work of Slow the Flow, taking me to a range of habitats to examine them in new ways and consider how each small part of our upland and lowland environment can potentially be part of a solution to the problems of flooding in the valley.
I have produced work in series for the most part and have studied and visited the River Calder and its catchment in the valley bottom, in higher upland areas and at its tributary sources high on the moors above Todmorden. I have learnt much about interventions such as leaky dams, and plants and trees which help to slow the floodwaters down, plants such as sphagnum, and grasses, heather, bracken and woodland.

Materials used:

Artists oil paint, gesso, varnish

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