Hill Farming 1984 - 1993

In 1982 I moved from a town in Norfolk to rural Cumbria and, back then, most people working in the Eden Valley, Cumbria were  involved in some way with farming.

Working within the constraints of a theme such as 'People at Work' can, ironically, give the artist a freedom.   You wake up in the morning knowing what you are doing and you get on with it.   So, I chose to look at Hill Farming.   The environment in which hill farming takes place includes farm labour, but also of course, the landscape and animals.

Nourish
Tumble
Jarrod and the Bastle House
NZ Shearer
a raven on the back of a sheep
Divided Self (ii)
Scab
Tornado
Dip
study for Dip
Jarrod Fencing
study for Brother Sun
MASS
Beet Topping
Trim
Marking
Take Stock
a raven with a farmer holding a circle of barbed wire
Brother Sun
Barn
Shearers
Yoked sheep,
Yoke
Marking