Inspired by Springline 
for Oxfordshire Artweeks

I was lucky enough to have had my work, taken from The Springline Project, chosen for the cover of the 2026 Oxfordshire Artweeks brochure.
The work I exhibited in the festival was a personal extension to The Springline Project, exploring landscape and nature, with a particular focus on water. These themes appeared in intimate oil paintings and mixed‑media sketches where I continued to explore local scenes along the Springline walk bringing my time spent outdoors into a beautiful, intimate indoors exhibition space for people to engage and enjoy.

Last year I had the amazing opportunity to work on The Springline Project
—funded by Mend the Gap—this was a collaboration between Artist Anna Dillon and myself
with local ecologists. Through public events, data collection, and art‑making activities
over the course of a year, it engaged residents of the Astons and Cholsey with local wildlife

and creativity. In 2024–2025,  Anna and I created a large‑scale oil painting inspired by the

landscapes and ecology along the Springline route, which follows public footpaths bordering chalk

streams, ditches, and winter brooks. The final piece comprises ten one‑metre‑square panels

featuring scenes from the route and species found during the different seasons, and is now

permanently displayed in Cholsey Pavilion.

The Springline Project



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