These days I am finding that the garden we have, and the woodlands near our house, are what is keeping me sane. Without them, I don’t know what I would have done during this pandemic. And yet, it’s taken an event of this magnitude to slow my life down enough for me to really appreciate what we have, and to connect with it on a personal level. Before lockdown, I imagine many people walked the da...

☆Sci'llustration of a heron on the hunt for a frog ☆

She opened her arms to us when we were undeveloped and treated us as her ownWe repay her by ruining the land she worked hard to createWe burned her forest we cut her treesThe weather angry She is angryShe opened her arms to us with kindness yet we took her for granted and built open her skinOur concrete floors and man made machines ruin her lungs They are polluted with the selfishness of our bl...

This was painted towards the end of the pandemic. It is acrylic on canvas. This is about being feral and trying to maintain expectations. It is also every feeling from that time.

A Land Art project Documented by Benjamin Youd An Artist’s Almanac is a collaborative project, unveiling the work and techniques of artists whose practices are imbedded in nature and conservation. Working together to engage in conversations with nature and conservation-based artists, Land Art and Benjamin have created a narrative that addresses real issues of biodiversity loss, waste management...