Living and working in this isolated part of Finland, where the cold winter lasts for much of the year and the lakes are covered in a thick layer of ice has been very influential on my work. During my residency at Saksala Artradius I began drawing tiny circles in an effort to imitate the way in which snow forms when it lands, small particles building up to make a whole. Using this process I have then traced from maps the numerous lakes in this area of Finland. The use of and distortion of maps is related to the experience of foreign landscapes, and how they are imagined or visualized before having been there, but are still unknown and mysterious until time has been spent in them. These drawings will be shown in ‘Between Shorelines’ at Saksala ArtRadius March 30th 2011 until May 1st.