Luminescence is an ongoing series of work that captures the transformative nature of post-industrial landscapes through a focus on light, mapping and heat source. The series follows the lineation of 'Hotworks': Paintings made in response to Archival Imagery surrounding the De-Industrialization of Lanarkshire through the collapse of the Motherwell Steel Works Co.,

 

Luminescence advances the notion of landscape as a transient space, instead shifting focus on to subtle moments of viscerally on the dimly lit forest floor. It maps psychogeographically woodland walks made through Post-Industrial landscape, in Scot's Pine forests through to ancient woodland. In many aspects, there are places in Lanarkshire which remain entirely untouched by Industrialism, protected, hidden. Each painting adapts a different angle of lineage and direction, some muffled, some with defined intent or gesture.

 

 I allow moments of control and surrender within my process, mirroring the resilience found in shifting landscapes. With a palette drawn from both nature and photographic sources, Luminescence reveals the layered histories and strength within these evolving spaces, celebrating their beauty and complexity as the series unfolds.

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Oil on Canvas, 440cm x 220cm x 5cm.