There was a need for decor, for an adornment of the walls. But it had to have a certain weight, a value, a ritual and be one of a kind.
The strange imagery I had been making needed a home, an altar, a shrine. To become something that held a power, and seemed like something from the past, or an alternate way.
There is a resurgence of folk, the web of wyrd restrung. The shrines mark the fringes of that way of being, a question of paganism and lost lore of this land or another, and simply a form of interesting wall decor.
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The series ‘Wayside Shrines’ renders dreamlike archetypes and narrative scenes housed within alters of hand carved oak.
Star Child, Hedgerow, Imp and The Fat Horse.
Each of these moments has a beginning, a subconscious influence from film, books, medieval illuminations and often daydreams.
They are adorned within uniquely carved oak alters, resulting in a relic like shrine for the beings to be worshiped, observed with contemplation. Acting like a portal, these wayside shrines offer a glimpse into a whimsical strain of thought, or possibly and alternate reality.
To be a remembrance of the way of wyrd at the end of the hallway.
oil pastel in oak frame,
31cm x 20cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
35cm x 25cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
32.6cm x 20cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
27cm x 19.4cm x 2.5cm
Reclaimed Oak Frames
Reclaimed, recycled, salvaged
E ach shrine is conceived of a image within wood that has been sustainably salvaged to reclaim the magic and grace from the trees which this material was taken, in remembrance of nature and its power.
Wayside Shrine : Startchild
Exhibited @
Common Ground
Zellig
Aug/Sep 2026