Come with Me explores the artist’s relationship
with the landscape, its role in defining personal identity, and the notion that all perceptions of nature are mediated by culture. If all natural
spaces are utilised, shaped, managed and farmed by Man, can we ever access the natural world on
its own terms? Constructed within New Forest, the physicality and labour of the process is an important part of the artwork. The artificial materials in the woodlands reflect the constructed nature of landscape, referencing the tradition of landscape painting. The pathways are made from materials such as paint, powder, wool and paper, referencing traditional craft processes. Each piece follows the most natural line of movement through space, tracing animal paths, the sweep of the eye, or the curve of the land. The colour, shape and material of each pathway mirrors the landscape, delicately and temporarily tracing a trajectory, allowing the artist to inscribe and locate herself within the landscape in order to develop a richer personal interaction with the woodland. These trajectories are imposed on the landscape, transforming the natural world into an object as well as a photographic image, an inscribed space that questions the stability of ‘nature’ and ‘landscape’ as concepts.