A weekly journal of beginning a fresh life in Kielder Forest, as a painter and devotee of nature.

I want to spend this new chapter of my life closely observing and documenting the natural world — the flora, woodlands and fungi of Kielder Forest and Northumberland, following their changes through each month and each season.

Through painting, natural photography and nature-connection journalling, I hope to share what I discover and, in some small way, inspire others to fall in love with nature and care more deeply for our natural heritage.

I am finding wisdom and healing through Kielder Forest and Northumberland National Park. The more time I spend within these landscapes, the more I feel that nature has its own language. It asks us to slow down, to notice, to listen and to remember.

I want to champion nature not simply by documenting it, but by forming a deeper relationship with it.

For me, the natural world is a pure mirror — reflecting something unseen and divine, as well as the quiet forces that are innate within us all.

When we become deeply connected to the unconditional beauty of the natural world, perhaps we begin to come home to ourselves.

Back to what is real.

Back to grace.