Ice

“When a glacier melts, it memory disappears” ~ Oddur Sigurðsson (glaciologist)

Iceland held a funeral for the Okjökull glacier just before I arrived for my first artist residency in Iceland in 2019.

Ice, lava and melting glaciers explored in two artist residencies in Iceland in 2019 and 2022.

Thin Ice 2025 - artist book of cyanotype images on rice paper, collaged and stitched

Fish Factory Creative Arts Centre residency, Stöðvarfjörður, East Iceland | 2022
Floating, Drifting, Melting 2022
Floating, Drifting, Melting 2022

Cyanotype print on rice paper

Red Door House 2024
Red Door House 2024

Paper pulp painting inspired by the snowcapped mountains in Stöðvarfjörður, East Iceland.

NES artist residency, Skagaströnd , north west Iceland | 2019
Molten Lava 2020
Molten Lava 2020

Inspired by the thermal ‘hot tub’ pools and lava fields in Iceland.

Walking the (Receding) Glaciers 2020
Walking the (Receding) Glaciers 2020

An excursion onto the glaciers in south Iceland which are fast receding.