New Body of Work - Shredded Coast

The Shredded Coast collection is a series of 7 large works exploring the historically charged “Atlantic Wall”, built by the Nazi occupation in anticipation of Allied sea invasion.

Massive cement barricades and huge gun emplacements stand as reminders that refuse to be buried. Abandoned shipping bleeds rust into the sand as they slowly disintegrate.

About the work

Shredded Nº 1, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

More than half a million French and other prisoners, during the German occupation of France, were forced to build the Atlantic coastal defence wall.

Shifting sand along southern France’s coast is now steadily reshaping the landscape, destabilising riverbanks and altering natural water flow. As winds push the sand inland, it denudes nearby forests, burying roots, suppressing new growth and stripping away the soil that sustains them.

Shredded Nº 2, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

The process

Shredded Nº 3, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

This body of work was difficult to create. Working with hand-painted collage papers meant I had to constantly balance heavy layering with the need to maintain the raw, aggressive feeling of coastal weather.

Shredded Nº 4, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

Explore the rest of the collection below

I hope you enjoy exploring the work, and that you find something to which you can connect.

Shredded Nº 5, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

Shredded Nº 6 (River Lost), mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (unframed). €12,960.00

Shredded Nº 7, mixed media collage and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100cm (unframed). €4,840.00

Explore the full collection here

“Coastal safe harbours are lost to rising seas. A traditional Pinas fishing boat lies battered and abandoned after these heavy seas.”