Achill Island, located off Ireland’s west coast, is known for its rolling hills, cliffs, sandy beaches, and bogland. The weather here is highly changeable, shifting quickly between sunshine, clouds, rain, and mist.
This constant variation in weather has a noticeable impact on the island’s colors. Sunny conditions brighten the greens of the hills and the blues of the ocean, while cloudy weather softens them into more subdued tones. Rain darkens and enriches the colors, adding depth to the textures of the landscape. As sunlight breaks through after rain or clouds, it creates brief, striking contrasts. These continuous shifts in light and weather make the colors of Achill’s landscape dynamic and unpredictable.
In March 2023, I spent a short time on Achill Island and during this period, I explored and documented the island’s dynamic environment.
The lanscape inspired me to experiment with a combination of photography and copier-based techniques. By reworking photographs of the landscape through the copier, I aimed to explore how the changing colors and textures of the island could be represented in a new, abstract form. The process added a unique layer to the images which reflects the island's dynamic surroundings.