We Live Here

This series began with a large immersive study of Bishops Meadow. 

More recently Ferguson has developed 360-degree environmental paintings. Painted outdoors  Ferguson wore the calico canvasses as skirts ( hence the central hole), turning around as she painted. These celebrate  three local sites; Alice Holt Forest;

along the  River Wey;

and in her own wild garden.

The works are placed at different levels, and can be viewed from all sides, placing us within the environment  rather than outside. Finally is a large immersive view of Farnham Heath

These remind us that the living systems that sustain us are both ancient and precarious; if they fail, what becomes of us?

Clashing bright colours form the palette of the work. The juxtaposition of sizes is like a collage. The size of the works give a feeling of the sublime- how small we are in the face of all nature. We feel alive, we use nature to calm and ground us in this hectic world. The work aims to connect us to the creatures and the places with a feeling of parity- we are a part of the whole. Let us look, love and protect the natural world.