Follies

Folly (Contrived Ruin #1)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Folly (Contrived Ruin #2)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Folly (Contrived Ruin #3)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Folly (Contrived Ruin #4)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Folly (Contrived Ruin #5)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2021)

Archway (Ruin)

Charcoal on Paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Burial Mound (Prior to Excavation)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Collapse (Abandoned Excavation)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)


Untitled (It Dusted Us Over, And It Covered Us Under)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Landscape (With Partially Buried Fragment)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Landslip (Breached Revetment)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)


Hunger Stone

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 57cm (2019)

Untitled (Last Light in Arcadia)

Charcoal on paper, 40cm x 50cm (2018)


Landscape (With Compromised Structure)

Charcoal on paper, 38cm x 48cm (2018)


Follies


Folly (noun) – a building in the form of a castle, temple, etc, built to satisfy a fancy or conceit, often of an eccentric kind (Collins Dictionary).

"The origins of these charcoal drawings rely on dioramas made from models of cardboard, cork and cement. But it was while considering titles for these works that it occurred to me that the structures I build in the studio could also be described as 'follies’ in the architectural sense: they are made solely for effect and the expression of an idea (metaphor and playful indulgence as opposed to utility), belying the physical realities of their construction. They have the character of 'cut-outs’, two-dimensional facades, an ornamental edifice intended to be viewed only from one location. In other words, an illusion, a sham. Of course, the term can equally be applied to the hubris of the architects, to the foolhardy and futile endeavours that time ultimately wrecks and overwhelms."