There's something incredibly beautiful about the moment the sun breaks through days of thick deep Winter cloud. In the past few weeks I've been lucky enough to witness this moment of majestic awe twice - once on a hill on the edge of Birmingham, and yesterday at the top of St Boniface Down on the Isle of Wight, where the broken cloud cast huge beams of sunlight onto the English Channel.

Since Spring 2018 I’ve collaborated with Silversmith Abigail Brown, photographing her work in the enchanted places we’ve found and shared with each other. Here are a selection of images from the past year.

Abi’s website can be found [here]

THE BOKEH BENEATH THE MUSHROOMS OF FIRESTONE COPSE (Autumn 2019)

So much rain this Autumn created a bonanza of mushrooms and toad stalls - we stayed in a cottage on the edge of Firestone Copse for three days and explored the mushroom wonderland.

BRIGHSTONE FOREST (Summer 2019)

Early this year I left my beloved home in Luccombe Chine on the Isle of Wight and now live on a boat and have a studio on the other side of the island. My studio is in an ancient barn on farmland that borders Brighstone Forest, and at the other side of the forest lies the Longstone - a megalithic monument and a place I have made pilgrimages to for many years. Walking between my studio and the Longstone formed a connection and opened up the space between the two.

MONTAGE