Original artwork description:

Gold Pigment, Oil, graphite, pencil, ink
The painting is supported on paper bonded to board and framed in a white wooden deep gallery frame with hanging fixtures on the back, making it ready to be hung directly on the wall.
Parts of the work are iridescent and will shine in the light, which I have tried to convey in the close up photographs of the work.
More about this work
The land that comprises North Mytholmroyd has been notionally divided with natural boundaries, each of which has then been analysed in terms of which feasible natural flood prevention interventions it would be possible to locate there.  An estimate of how much water this would hold back from the valley at time of potential flooding was then arrived at for each of the areas.  

The report has been produced by 2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd and Terrain Geotechnical Consultants with the support of partners including the SOURCE partnership, Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, and Yorkshire Water.

I have responded to this study by analysing the land within each outlined area of opportunity and making a series of 'portraits' of each area. with the aim of both celebrating and drawing attention to the importance of this land for the future of the valley.  The paintings refer to the structure of the land itself, the map and terrain features of each area, water - either above or below ground, and the possible interventions that could be made there.  You can see elements of all these components layered in the paintings.

Materials used:

Gold Pigment, Oil, Graphite, Ink, Charcoal

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