The Hunt Museum, 2025

By Furthest Light

This photograph forms part of an ongoing series reflecting on the grandeur of Ireland’s ancient landscapes and the immense geological forces that have shaped them over aeons. What drew me to this scene was a fleeting moment of broken sunlight falling across the mountainside. It lasted only a few seconds, but in that brief interruption of cloud and shadow, the orogenic form of the land revealed itself: its ridges, its textures and its deep, sculptural presence.

At first, the scale feels ambiguous. The landscape stretches outward in a way that could be vast or intimate, until the small winding roadway emerges, a quiet trace of human movement. That subtle comparison shifts our sense of proportion, reminding us of the immensity of the landform and the relative smallness of our own presence within it. These are the moments that tend to stay with me, when the landscape, in its quiet way, reminds us of our place in something far older, larger and more enduring.

Much of my practice explores the relationship between light, nature and time, and how each one alters the others, sometimes gently and sometimes dramatically. Light in the Irish landscape is rarely still; it fractures, fades and reappears, revealing form and texture in ways that both clarify and obscure scale. Under one sky, the land feels monumental, unyielding and ancient; under another, it becomes tender and almost ethereal, transformed by nothing more than a shift in cloud.

With By Furthest Light, my hope was to create a space for stillness and reflection, a quiet invitation to pause, breathe and recognise our place within something far larger and more ancient than ourselves. These brief interruptions of light and shadow often speak more deeply than hours of stillness ever could; they reveal the landscape not as a backdrop, but as a living presence that moves and transforms around us.

Showing this piece at the Hunt Museum is a real honour. To be selected for their inaugural open call feels like a gentle acknowledgement that the moment I witnessed and tried to translate, has resonated beyond me. It is humbling and profoundly encouraging to share the work in such a thoughtful and inspiring setting.

Details about the Work :

Laminated Fine Art Print in Wood Tray Frame

60 x 90cm

Edition of 10, 8 available