Nature, For Me Is Raw And Dangerous

When I Was At Art School, A Lot Of Art Education Is About Art Being A Means Of Self-expression, And As An 18-year-old I Didn't Know If I Had A Huge Amount I Wanted To Express. It Was A Big Moment When I Decided I Wanted To Shift The Emphasis Or The Intention Of My Art From Something I Disgorged Myself Upon And Something That Actually Fed Me Or Made Me See The World Or Understand The World.

If I'm Going To Understand The Land, I Have To Understand The Wind, The Snow, The Rain, The Leaves, The Ice, And Changes In Temperature. It Just Reflects A Reality For Me.

I Soon Realised That What Had Happened On A Small Scale Cannot Necessarily Be Repeated On A Larger Scale. The Stones Were So Big That The Amount Of Heat Required Was Prohibitively Expensive And Wasteful.

The British Climate, Although It Is Very Wet, It Is Quite Mild In Winter. We Don't Get These Severe - Generally Don't Get Severe Winters.

The Things That I Make Are That Which A Person Will Make. They're Not Meant To Mimic Nature. They Are Nothing But The Result Of A Hand Of A Person.