Ella magee - brick fields, cassan kerragh 1 and 151
Brick Fields
Cassan Kerragh 1
151
From a series called Smitten
The Isle of Man’s rich landscape is home to Ella. When she is on the Island, she enjoys its beauty and when she is away she yearns for it. There is a great sense of history in the dry stone walls, one imagines the harsh winters spent carefully creating them but also every uneven stone joins together to somehow form a coherent whole, a bit like a community, made up of diverse people who all contribute to make a place feel like home. The dry stone walls both protect and divide. The wildlife on the Island also gives Ella a comforting feeling of home, that she is part of the ecology and systems of this land.
The Loaghtan sheep are of course indigenous and they carve out their own path in the hillsides. Farmers mark them with what are called smit marks to distinguish whose sheep belongs to whom, their age and when they have mated. This agricultural language is part of our rich heritage and is a vibrant signifier of home.
Brick Fields
Medium: ink and acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 56 x76 cm
Cassan Kerragh 1
Medium: ink and oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 56 x76 cm
151
Medium: ink and oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 56 x 76 cm
The Isle of Man’s rich landscape is home to Ella. When she is on the Island, she enjoys its beauty and when she is away she yearns for it. There is a great sense of history in the dry stone walls, one imagines the harsh winters spent carefully creating them but also every uneven stone joins together to somehow form a coherent whole, a bit like a community, made up of diverse people who all contribute to make a place feel like home. The dry stone walls both protect and divide. The wildlife on the Island also gives Ella a comforting feeling of home, that she is part of the ecology and systems of this land.
The Loaghtan sheep are of course indigenous and they carve out their own path in the hillsides. Farmers mark them with what are called smit marks to distinguish whose sheep belongs to whom, their age and when they have mated. This agricultural language is part of our rich heritage and is a vibrant signifier of home.
Brick Fields
Medium: ink and acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 56 x76 cm
Cassan Kerragh 1
Medium: ink and oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 56 x76 cm
151
Medium: ink and oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 56 x 76 cm