Part of “The Bog Beings” series, created for an exhibition with The Peat Appreciation Society at Gibson Mill, a National Trust property nestled in the forest at the heart of Hardcastle Crags.

By studying the ecological characteristics of plants, I imagine who lives alongside them in Nature's unseen realms, communicating the indigenous worldview that Nature is animated by spirit. “The Bog Beings” is inspired by moorland restoration work and the "personalities" of the plant community.

A Council of Bog Beings gather in a ceremony to restore water to the bog. Left to right: Purple Moor Grass, Crowberry, Bog Asphodel, Bilberry, Bog Cotton, Sphagnum, Heather, Bog Cranberry, Sundew, Polytrichum, Cladonia, Mosscap, Juncus.

Fine liner and watercolour.