[2009] from a series of twenty five small works – salt of the earth – liminal landscapes, coastal erosion, sand, silt, and mud – in the processes of making, inspired the writing of haiku [tiny poems]. textured gesso and glazes on wood panels, 15cm x 15cm. originally exhibited at Salthouse 09 : Salt of the Earth, curated by Simon Martin.
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saltscape ii 2009 •
limestone rocks
salt trails a scar
in time, healed
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saltscape xxi 2009 •
the haze cleared, crystalline sky,
salt lakes and tidal pools
melting, silvered silt
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saltscape xv 2009 •
a rockscape moulded
vestigal traces
marks the slippery way out
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saltscape xviii 2009 •
the ashes sighed,
mourning the old flame,
murmuring, if only
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saltscape vii 2009 •
abraded, by seawater and salt
coarse skin, furrowed then frowned
at a more polished reflection
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saltscape xiv 2009 •
a bloodshot sky
hand in hand,
we returned
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saltscape xi 2009 •
underground, a stream
of consciousness
pitting perception, flows
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saltscape xiii 2009 •
in ore, the chromium mire
life lies sleeping
slowly mineralised
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saltscape xxv 2009 •
bruised rouge, to grey
and clodded clay
clawed deep, the way
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saltscape xii 2009 •
a disaster area
belches black,
fury inflamed
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saltscape xx 2009 •
in a waterlogged eden,
the birds took flight
on sensing the eyes of strangers
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saltscape xx 2009 •
stepping on stones, skipping
the sedimental slabs, water blackened
striated, to the shore
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