Anna's current work explores how a place gradually reveals itself through encounter and return: what first draws the eye, what emerges over time, and what remains partially obscured.

Working across graphite, watercolour, photography, sound and poetic prose, she approaches landscape through shifting perspectives, dissolving boundaries and the interplay between form and formlessness. Her landscapes carry an allegorical dimension, with light becoming an invitation to look beyond what is immediately visible.

Through drawing near to a place, returning to it and experiencing it from different positions and across time, the work explores how perception changes through encounter. What appears distant may become intimate; what seems defined may begin to dissolve; what is initially overlooked may gradually come into view.

The works gathered here emerge from Anna's ongoing artistic engagement with Ballindoon House and its surrounding landscape in Co. Sligo. This body of work began during Anna's artist residency at Ballindoon House, funded by the National Built Heritage Service and Ballaghaderreen Arts Festival.

Drawing Near - Use Arrow to scroll

  • Drawing Near.

    Graphite drawing on Fabriano Artistico TW Hot Pressed Paper. 300g. 1/1

  • Beyond

    Digital Fine Art Print. Epson Luster. A3 Super. 1/7

  • Unfolding

    Graphite drawing on Fabriano Artistico TW Hot Pressed Paper. 300g. 1/1

  • In-between

    In-Between

    Digital Fine Art Print. Epson Luster. A3 Super. 1/7

Studies of dissolving boundaries & shoreline sightlines

What first draws the eye
and what gradually reveals itself.

Trees – gateways,
opening sightlines
towards what lies beyond.

Mist – dissolving edges,
untouched, unresolved.

Move closer.

Drawing near,
the landscape unfolds,
resists definition,
yet lingers.

Field Notes: August, 2026

Moving toward watercolour

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  • Ballindoon House

    Working towards a series of watercolour paintings.

    Field observations & colour studies.

  • Shades of Ballindoon

    Moss + Indian Yellow

    Yellow Ochre + Sepia

    Moss Green + Burnt Sienna

    Indigo with a Hint of Alizarin Chrimson

  • Shoreline shades & textures

    Phthlo Blue + Yellow Ochre

    Ultramarine + Burnt Sienna

    Cobalt Blue + Yellow Ochre

    • Hint of Indigo

  • Exploring mist with Indigo, Sepia & Cobalt Blue

    Indigo

    + Yellow Ochre

    + Burnt Sienna

    + Raw Sienna

  • The Boathouse

    Moss Green + Indigo

    Burnt Umber + Burnt Sienna

    Cobalt Blue + Sepia

  • A Pause at the edge & then the crossing.

  • Moss Settling into Stone

    Stone Holding Sound

    Awakened by Renewal

    Sepia, Indigo & Salt

    Sepia + Moss Green

    Prussian Blue + Cadmium Yellow

  • New Beginnings

  • A Bell Gathered the Day

Ongoing study of aerial perspective & mist

Work in Progress

Drawing Landscapes Near Across Time

Sounds of Ballindoon

A new series of sound studies will explore the relationship between sound, place and Ballindoon’s renewal.

Bringing together audio with visual interpretations of sound through watercolour, graphite and photography, these studies will explore how water, stone, timber, weather and movement carry sound through the landscape.

While traces of past soundscapes will form part of the series, at its heart is an exploration of sound as a creative force: how sound draws the landscape near across time; how it activates place and opens up new possibilities.

Field Notes & Encounters

At the edge of Lough Arrow, Ballindoon’s nineteenth-century boathouse meets the full force of the elements.

Ballindoon Boathouse
Field Notes, 4 March 2026

A cold March wind crosses the lake, rain striking tin and stone. The roof answers in sharp, irregular bursts as water presses steadily against the walls.

A low surge, settling into rhythm.

Metal. Water. Wind.
Meeting without pause.

Brick and stone, weathered into layers. A circular opening, burnt sienna, softened red.

Walls shifting through raw umber and grey. Timber doors, washed in olive and time-worn green, slightly open.

Inside, water moves through space, between worlds. Iron bars hold their line at the far edge.

The lake continues forward, indifferent to boundary.

A pause at the edge.
Then the crossing.

This exposed edge marks the beginning of ARRIVAL, Ballindoon House, Co. Sligo.