During lockdown, when we were only allowed to leave the house for one hour, I found it difficult to connect to the landscape that usually inspires my work. This commission aims to bring the landscape closer, as I built an installation of paintings that create a space to contemplate the landscape and our place in it in these strange and worrying times. 

The film begins with this intimate experience of landscape, looking closely at the lines and textures of the materials in my paintings. It then develops until the paintings are 'unravelled' in the landscape, hung between two trees and swinging in the wind.



This is a very exciting project, especially in association with the Tate, and I am delighted with their response to it.

Helen Record, Curatorial Assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts said:

"I love the film, and the way it makes you slow down and appreciate the growing proximity to the landscape. The audio of footsteps is so effective at transporting us to the mountainside, and I also think the moody Glasgow weather just adds to the atmosphere, but also makes your paintings appear even more vibrant – reflecting your positivity and resilience in spite of the challenges of lockdown."

Due to COVID-19, the installation will not be visited in person. Instead, an experience of it will be filmed and shared across the British Art Network.