Waterfall Series

In the Chinese art of Feng Shui, waterfalls symbolise an abundance of wealth, prosperity and good fortune. The irony is that I depict the flow in the waterfall as “ghost nets”.

Ghost nets are derelict fishing gear that has been lost, dumped or abandoned at sea. Initially the view of Ghost Nets is as benign and ethereal. Underneath this is a more malign disturbing consequence. A perpetual moving killing zone, discarded Ghost Nets are ubiquitous in our oceans, a major cause of plastic pollution.

Although sombre in subject matter, in Ghost Net Waterfall (i), I aim to give the viewer optimism through the minimal application of the bright fluorescent orange pigment .

Despite my tendency for detail in my practice as an artist, I feel with this work I have successfully produced a powerful example of minimal seduction.