Small Down Lane blue green lll and more art by Luke Piper

These on-site, plein air paintings of the way up on to the Bronze Age camp are the origins of the circular Nova paintings. Using a minimal pallet and focussing on light dark and structure each study is an attempt to observe the place and address its effect on me.

A bit like a psychiatrist’s inky doodles on his or her notepad or the clairvoyant’s tea leaves in a cup - For me they are a telescopic, microscopic and kaleidoscopic perspective exploring our relationship with nature and wilderness in the context of urgent and changing times.