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.

The works gathered here emerge from her ongoing engagement with Ballindoon House and its surrounding landscape in Co. Sligo. This body of work began during an artist residency supported by the National Built Heritage Service and Ballaghaderreen Arts Festival.

Drawing Near - Use Arrow to scroll

  • Drawing Near (2026)

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

  • Beyond (2026)

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

  • Unfolding (2026)

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

  • In-between

    In-Between (2026)

    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

Exploring the colours, textures and atmosphere of Ballindoon through field observations and watercolour studies.

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  • Ballindoon House

    Working towards a series of watercolour paintings.

  • Shades of Ballindoon

  • Shoreline shades & textures

  • Exploring mist with Indigo, Sepia & Cobalt Blue

  • A Pause at the edge & then the crossing.

  • Moss Settling into Stone

  • New Beginnings

  • A Bell Gathered the Day

Original sketch

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; one that draws the landscape near across time, reveals relationships between past and present, and invites new ways of experiencing and imagining Ballindoon.

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.