The darkness of a northern winter has to be lived through in its entirety to appreciate the intensity that long hours and months of darkness has on all living things not least the human psyche.
When the light returns in spring there is a collective sigh of relief as nature starts to relax and breathe again , which is quickly followed by an intense surge of creative energy as plants grow and birds couple up to reproduce in the short time of plenty they have.
This series of etchings celebrates the season when the light returns to Shetland by using birds as metaphors and vessels of emotion to explore larger themes such as concepts of time and our wider relationship to the natural world.