Hill Farming 1984 - 1993

In 1982 I moved from a town in Norfolk to rural Cumbria and, back then, most people working in the Eden Valley, Cumbria were  involved in some way with farming.

Working within the constraints of a theme such as 'People at Work' can, ironically, give the artist a freedom.   You wake up in the morning knowing what you are doing and you get on with it.   So, I chose to look at Hill Farming.   The environment in which hill farming takes place includes farm labour, but also of course, the landscape and animals.

Nourish
NZ Shearer
a raven on the back of a sheep
Divided Self (ii)
study for Dip
study for Brother Sun
MASS
Beet Topping
Trim
Marking
Jarrod Fencing
Take Stock
a raven with a farmer holding a circle of barbed wire
Brother Sun
Tornado
Barn
Shearers
Dip
Scab
Jarrod and the Bastle House
Tumble
Yoked sheep,
Yoke
Marking